Emission Nebula

The Tarantula Nebula

The largest and most luminous nebula in the Local Group of galaxies — located in the Large Magellanic Cloud. If it were as close as the Orion Nebula, it would cast shadows on Earth. Its central super star cluster R136 contains the most mass

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