Tarantula Nebula NGC 2070
In the Southern Hemisphere sitting in the Large Magellanic Cloud is the Tarantula Nebula, one of the sky's largest emission nebula. With a central cluster of bright young stars and gaseous extensions that make up the wispy ''legs''. With a diameter of more than 1,000 light years, the Tarantula Nebula is 100 times the size of the M42 Orion Nebula.
It is an object of sunning beauty in binoculars and telescopes: a cloud of delicate filaments, wisps of nebulously, dark lanes and bright stars that is sure to delight. This picture was taken in the Australian country about 200 km north west of Sydney.
Date 6th October 2004 10.30 pm
Exposure Time 60 seconds
F-stop f10
ISO 1600
Camera Canon EOS Kiss
Scope / Lens Meade 250mm SCT
Method ? The Camera was connected to the Telescope at Prime Focus. Processed in Adobe PhotoShop with final sharpening and colour balance in ImagesPlus.