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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 10/07/2023

Stunning composite image of the Tarantula Nebula produced by JWST and the Chandra X-ray Observatory. About 170,000 light-years away, in the Large Magellanic Cloud. 🔭 🧪 X-ray credit: NASA/CXC/Penn State Univ./L. Townsley et al. IR credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/JWST ERO Production Team

From the Chandra website:
Chandra Release - January
9, 2023
Visual Description: 30 Doradus
This release features a composite image of 30
Doradus, otherwise known as the Tarantula Nebula, a region of active star formation in a neighboring galaxy. In the image, royal blue and purple gas clouds interact with red and orange gas clouds. Specks of light and large gleaming stars peek through the colourful clouds.
The patches of royal blue and purple gas clouds represent X-ray data collected by the Chandra Observatory. The brightest and most prominent blue cloud appears at the center of the image, roughly shaped like an upward pointing triangle.

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 10/07/2023

X-Ray data is royal blue and purple. JWST data is red, orange, green, and light blue. Good short video explaining the importance of the Tarantula Nebula as a star-forming region with conditions similar to our own galaxy several billion years ago. 🧪 🔭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KytI8FiowUw

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Quick Look: The Enduring Stellar Lifecycle in 30 Doradus

The "Tarantula Nebula" (officially known as 30 Doradus) is available in a composite image of Chandra and JWST data for the first time.30 Doradus is a region ...

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