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The Tarantula Nebula NGC2070 24min exposure RGB, Oussama Achhab
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The Tarantula Nebula NGC2070 24min exposure RGB

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The Tarantula Nebula NGC2070 24min exposure RGB

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The Tarantula Nebula was observed by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille during an expedition to the Cape of Good Hope between 1751 and 1753. He catalogued it as the second of the "Nebulae of the First Class", "Nebulosities not accompanied by any star visible in the telescope of two feet". It was described as a diffuse nebula 20' across.

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