NGC 2070 Tarantula Nebula - HOO

The Tarantula Nebula is the core of a large nebular complex located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, an irregular satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The nebular complex has an angular size of about 2 degrees and is about 160,000 light-years from Earth.
The Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070) is the brightest and most spectacular part of the complex, with an apparent magnitude of 8.1 and a diameter of about 1000 light-years. Inside it is the stellar cluster R136, which contains some of the most massive and bright stars ever discovered, such as R136a1, which has a mass of about 315 times that of the Sun and a luminosity of 8-10 million times higher. The Tarantula Nebula is also the site of some of the brightest supernovae in recent decades, such as SN 1987A and SN 2013ej. These stellar explosions are important to study the evolution of massive stars and the formation of compact objects such as neutron stars or black holes. Around the Tarantula Nebula, there are other H II regions, i.e. regions of gas ionized by hot and massive stars, such as the Carina Nebula (NGC 3372), the Birdcage Nebula (NGC 2074), the Horsehead Nebula (NGC 2080) and the Bubble Nebula (NGC 2014). These H II regions host in turn open clusters, supernova remnants, and planetary nebulae. The nebular complex of the Tarantula Nebula has been observed by various space and ground-based telescopes, which have revealed its structure and composition in different wavelengths, from optical to infrared, from radio to X-rays. The James Webb Space Telescope, the successor of Hubble, has pointed its gaze at the Tarantula Nebula during its first scientific tests, offering an unprecedented view of the infrared region of the nebula.