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NGC 2070
NGC 2070 — Tarantula Nebula
Emission Nebula
· DoradoIntermediate
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Target information
- Object type
- Emission Nebula
- Constellation
- Dorado
- Right ascension
- 5h 38m 42s
- Declination
- -69° 06′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 8
- Angular size
- 40′ × 25′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Best months
- Oct-Feb
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 2070
About this target
Massive H II region within the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Recommended telescopes
TS-Optics
1016mm f/4.0 · 254mm aperture
Frames 50% of APS-C FOV