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A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb by James Webb Space Telescope What’s that caught in our Webb? A giant space tarantula! Take a moment to stare into thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula. The James Webb Space Telescope reveals details of the structure and composition of the nebula, as well as dozens of background galaxies. Stellar nursery 30 Doradus gets its nickname of the Tarantula Nebula from its long, dusty filaments. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, it’s the largest and brightest star-forming region near our own galaxy, plus home to the hottest, most massive stars known. The center of this image, taken by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera instrument (NIRCam), has been hollowed out by the radiation from young, massive stars (seen in sparkling pale blue). Only the densest surrounding areas of the nebula resist erosion, forming the pillars that appear to point back towards the cluster of stars in the center. The pillars are home to still-forming stars, which will eventually leave their dusty cocoons and help shape the nebula. Why is this nebula interesting to astronomers? Unlike in our Milky Way, the Tarantula Nebula is producing new stars at a furious rate. Though close to us, it is similar to the gigantic star-forming regions from when the universe was only a few billion years old, and star formation was at its peak — a period known as “cosmic noon.” Since the Tarantula is close to us, it is easy to study in detail to help us learn more about the universe’s past. Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/a-cosmic-tarantula-caug... Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team Image description: A space image captured by the Webb telescope. Fluffy tan-colored nebula clouds, with rust-colored highlights, surround a black central area. Within that area, the focal point of the image is one large yellow star with eight long thin points. To the right of this star is a bright star cluster in an oval shape. The stars within the cluster look like tiny pale blue sparkles. The cluster is more densely packed at its core and scatters outward. Towards the bottom of the image, multiple arms appear to spiral out of a cloudy tan knob, resembling a spider or a squid structure. Other blue and yellow eight-pointed stars, as well as distant galaxies, are dotted throughout the image. https://flic.kr/p/2nJZVwp

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NGC2070 or The Tarantula Nebula Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)

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NGC2070, tarantula nebula

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NGC2070 Tarantula Nebula by GarFlikr on Flickr.

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Tarantula Nebula photographed in unprecedented detail

https://sciencespies.com/space/tarantula-nebula-photographed-in-unprecedented-detail/

Tarantula Nebula photographed in unprecedented detail

A mere 161,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, is the Tarantula Nebula. Although the wispy swirls of clouds give a sense of serenity the Tarantula Nebula is actually one of the largest, and most violent star-forming regions in our Local Group.

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The Local Group is essentially our galactic neighbourhood, of which our own Milky Way is a part. The biggest member of the group is the Andromeda Galaxy, while keen eyes (under dark and clear skies) may also be able to spot the more distant Triangulum Galaxy, thanks to its relatively bright apparent magnitude. Dozens of smaller dwarf galaxies are also members of the Local Group.

This incredible mosaic image, viewed with JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), stretches 340 light-years across, although the total width of the nebula is more than 1,000 light-years. The nebula is named after the web-like appearance of its dusty filaments that can be seen in previous images, the cavity in the centre resembling a burrowing tarantula’s home, lined with silk.

The Tarantula Nebula is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and has been imaged in unprecedented detail with JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) © NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team

The nebula is a hotbed for some of the hottest and most massive stars known to astronomers, and in the centre, sparkling blue with massive young stars, is star cluster R136, its most active region.

“R136 sits in the middle of the larger cluster called NGC2070,” says Professor Mark McCaughrean, senior advisor for science and exploration at the European Space Agency (ESA).

“R136 is a giant cluster of young stars, far exceeding anything in our own Milky Way galaxy, with almost half a million solar masses. It’s often suggested that it may be a proto-globular cluster, and its huge cumulative luminosity is what lights up the Tarantula Nebula, of which the new JWST image only shows a small fraction,” McCaughrean explains.

Blistering radiation has blown away the dusty cocoons that once surrounded these protostars. Left behind is only the densest material, sculpted into pillars and ridges able to resist erosion from these torrential stellar winds.

Within these pillars are more newly-forming protostars. They too, will eventually emerge from their own cosmic cocoons and take their turn in shaping the nebula.

“The JWST image of the Tarantula Nebula was made using mosaics made through four separate infrared filters, F090W, F200W, F335M, and F444W, at 0.9, 2.0, 3.35, and 4.44 microns, respectively,” McCaughrean says.

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“The first, second, and fourth filters are all broad-band, capturing lots of starlight and nebular emissions. The third, the F335M filter, isolates an important emission line of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, a strong tracer of dust.”

The Tarantula Nebula as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope © NASA, ESA, and E. Sabbi/STScI

“The colour coding in the image is F090W as blue, F200W as green, F335M as orange, and F444W as red. The latter two filters make the dust in the region appear to ‘glow’ in orange-red colours. In the equivalent Hubble images, these regions are dark,” explains McCaughrean.

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Tarantula Nebula This deep-sky object is incredibly fascinating! I did a bit of research and i have leant, it was first discovered in the 1750s by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille. It has an apparent magnitude of 8. Which is pretty bright! According to Wikipedia, if the Tarantula Nebula was as close to us as Orion Nebula it would cast visable shadows! Wow. It is one of the largest Hii regions and is the most active starburst region within our local group (area of the universecontaining our galaxy and other nearby galaxies) . The centre of the Nebula is lit by a star cluster (NGC2070) which is estimated to be 450,000 solar masses (a unit of measurement derived from the mass of our sun). There are supernova remnants amongst all the gas and nebulosity, the closest observed being 1987A. This is about 9 hours of integration time taken over multiple nights using: Skywatcher F5 750mm Newtonian Skywatcher EVO Lux 62ED ASI533 OSC Saxon NEQ6 pro Optolong L-enhance filter Optolong cls-ccd filter Nexsus .75 reducer/corrector QHY5L-IIM camera and scope for guiding. Exposure from 30s, 60s, 180s and 300s. Gain 100. Offset 70. Cooled-5c. #Astrochick #universe #photography #skywatcher #skywatcheraustralia #practicalastrophotography #womeninastrophotography #practicalastrophotographymagize #spaceart #astrogirl #nightskyporn #astrophotography #amateurastrophotography #universetoday #astrophotographyporn #farpointastro #nightskyphotography #longexposurephotography #photographyeveryday #deepskyastrophotography #space #backyardastronomy #outerspace #apod #photographylovers #optolongfilters #zwoasi #astronomydaily #nightsky (at Astrogirl.au - Backyard Observatory) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChrK9fhJZqB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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NGC2070 The Tarantula Nebula

Using the same LRGB files from my previous post I added an image using a Hydrogen Alpha (Ha) filter.

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NGC2070 the tarantula nebula in narrowband. Details on flickr

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A Cosmic Tarantula, Caught by NASA’s Webb by James Webb Space Telescope What’s that caught in our Webb? A giant space tarantula! Take a moment to stare into thousands of never-before-seen young stars in the Tarantula Nebula. The James Webb Space Telescope reveals details of the structure and composition of the nebula, as well as dozens of background galaxies. Stellar nursery 30 Doradus gets its nickname of the Tarantula Nebula from its long, dusty filaments. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, it’s the largest and brightest star-forming region near our own galaxy, plus home to the hottest, most massive stars known. At the longer wavelengths of light captured by its Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), Webb focuses on the area surrounding the central star cluster and unveils a very different view of the Tarantula Nebula. In this light, the young hot stars of the cluster fade in brilliance, and glowing gas and dust come forward. Abundant hydrocarbons light up the surfaces of the dust clouds, shown in blue and purple. Why is this nebula interesting to astronomers? Unlike in our Milky Way, the Tarantula Nebula is producing new stars at a furious rate. Though close to us, it is similar to the gigantic star-forming regions from when the universe was only a few billion years old, and star formation was at its peak — a period known as “cosmic noon.” Since the Tarantula is close to us, it is easy to study in detail to help us learn more about the universe’s past. Read more: www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2022/a-cosmic-tarantula-caug... Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team Image description: A space image captured by the Webb telescope. Wispy pale pink and yellow nebula clouds are highlighted with purple, ghostly pink, and glowing electric blue streaks. These clouds surround a large black cavity. A few small blue stars are sprinkled at the right edge of the cavity and in the cloud. A large clump of blue dust floats amid the small blue stars. There are a few occasional bright pink spots and larger, brighter white stars. One large blue star stands out at the top of the cavity, featuring short blue spikes and snowflake-like arms. A couple other stars in the cloud also appear like tiny snowflakes instead of points of light. https://flic.kr/p/2nJTMT9

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NGC2070 Tarantula SHO by gvanhau on Flickr.

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NGC2070 Tarantula Nebula by bmettier@bluewin.ch on Flickr.

[kernownightsky]

NGC2070 The Tarantula Nebula

Using the same technique as I did with M31 combining LRGB images to create this colour image. The images were taken using iTelescope T08 in Australia.

The Tarantula Nebula is a large emission nebula located in the southern constellation Dorado.

The star-forming region lies within the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and one of the nearest galaxies to our own, located on the border between Dorado and Mensa.

The nebula is also known as 30 Doradus. It has the designation NGC 2070 in the New General Catalogue.

The Tarantula Nebula is one of the better known nebulae not listed in the Messier catalogue. It is the most active region of star formation known in the Local Group of galaxies, as well as one of the largest, spanning 600 light years, or 13 arc minutes across the sky. The nebula contains more than 800,000 stars and protostars. The newly formed stars are frequently hidden within clouds of dust and can only be seen in infrared wavelengths.

The nebula is extremely luminous. It lies at a distance of 160,000 light years from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 8. Because it lies so far to the south, it is visible primarily from southern latitudes. [Credit: Constellation Guide http://www.constellation-guide.com/tarantula-nebula-30-doradus/]

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