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The Night Sky
By Richard Hall
The Tarantula: This gigantic nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is the largest star-forming region in the Local Group of galaxies. Its distance is 169,000 light-years. If it were as close as the Orion Nebula this image would just about cover the entire sky.
The Night Sky
By Richard Hall
The Tarantula: This gigantic nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud is the largest star-forming region in the Local Group of galaxies. Its distance is 169,000 light-years. If it were as close as the Orion Nebula this image would just about cover the entire sky.
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