Tarantula Nebula

Tarantula Nebula

This new Hubble image is the best-ever view of a cosmic creepy-crawly known as the Tarantula Nebula, a region full of star clusters, glowing gas, and dark dust. Astronomers are exploring and mapping this nebula as part of the Hubble Tarantula Treasury Project:-

http://30dor.stsci.edu/HTTP.html

Wide-field view of the Tarantula Nebula an its surroundings (ground-based image) heic1105d

Comparing optical and infrared Hubble views of the Tarantula Nebula heic1402c

Unravelling the web of a cosmic creeply-crawly

The release, images and videos are available on:-

http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1402

Image credits include: NASA, ESA, E. Sabbi (STScI)

Credit ESO: http://www.eso.org

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