Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070,30 Doradus),composite image. This emission nebula is 160,000 light years from Earth,in the constellation of Dorado. This composite image combines data in X-ray (from the ACIS instrument of the Chandra X-ray Observatory) and infrared (from the IRAC instrument of the Spitzer Space Telescope). Within the nebula are around 2400 massive stars producing intense radiation and powerful stellar winds. Multi-million-degree gas (producing X-rays,blue) carves out gigantic bubbles in the surrounding cooler gas and dust (producing infrared,orange). Image published in 2011 | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / L.TOWNSLEY ET AL / JPL / PSU / CXC / NASA |
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