Space tarantula is close to a recent supernova explosion.
It is the largest and most complex region of star formation in the vicinity of our galaxy.
It is located in the Large Magellanic cloud – a small galaxy orbiting the orbiting the milky Way.
For its resemblance to a spider, this area was called the tarantula Nebula. And the size of this tarantula – 1000 light years. Interesting details of the nebula we can see in this photo, done in colors, which is dominated by the glow of hydrogen and oxygen. The legs of the tarantula Nebula cover NGC 2070, a star cluster, which contains the brightest and most massive stars.
These stars have short lives and die young, so space tarantula is close to a recent supernova explosion.
