Tarantula Nebula

Nebula

The most active star-forming region known in the nearby universe, located within the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Facts

TypeNebula
Nebula typeEmission
Distance from Earth161,000 ly
Diameter17,615,800,000,000,000 km
Mass8.95 × 10^35 kg
Temperature9,727°C
Apparent magnitude8
Redshift0
HemisphereSouthern
Discovered1751

Tarantula Nebula in context

At 17,615,800,000,000,000 km across, Tarantula Nebula is 1,382,498,822,791 times the diameter of Earth.

Its mass is 149,866,041,527 times the mass of Earth.

The light reaching us from Tarantula Nebula tonight left it around 161,000 years ago.

An average temperature of 10,000 K works out at 9,727 degrees Celsius, warmer than the 15 degrees Earth averages.

It has been on record since 1751.

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