10.26188/5cd25c8a7bacb
Lyle Winton
Lyle
Winton
heic1105a.jpg
The University of Melbourne
2019
Hubble Space Telescope.
Galactic Astronomy
2019-05-08 04:39:59
Figure
https://melbourne.figshare.com/articles/figure/heic1105a_jpg/8093207
Hubble has taken this stunning close-up shot of part of the Tarantula Nebula. This star-forming region of ionised hydrogen gas is in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy which neighbours the Milky Way. It is home to many extreme conditions including supernova remnants and the heaviest star ever found. The Tarantula Nebula is the most luminous nebula of its type in the local Universe.