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30 Doradus Nebula
(NGC 2070, Great Looped Nebula, Tarantula Nebula)
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30 Doradus Nebulahas absolute magnitude Mv = - 192001-09-27 09:30:20.0
is a part of Large Magellanic Cloud2001-09-27 09:30:20.0
has distance 170000 light yearshas source: STSCI, 2001-09-27 09:30:20.0
has synonym NGC 20702001-09-27 09:30:20.0
has synonym Great Looped Nebulahas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:20.0
has synonym Tarantula Nebulahas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:20.0
has image has URL: http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/pr/1999/33, 2001-09-27 09:30:20.0
has definition A giant H II region, at least 300 pc across - one of the largest known. It is larger and more luminous than any known in the Galaxy. It is the brightest object in the Large Magellanic Cloud at both optical and radio wavelengths, and contains the densest concentration of W-R stars. (The brightest object near the center is a O+ WN star of Mv = - 10.2.) It is characterized by very rapid, disordered, and complex motions.has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:20.0
is an instance of gaseous nebula2001-09-27 09:30:20.0
gaseous nebulahas catalog gaseous nebula catalog2001-09-27 09:30:11.0
H II regionhas composition ionized hydrogen2001-09-27 09:30:11.0
nebulais a part of gas2001-09-27 09:32:19.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0

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