This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Tarantula nebula. The tarantula nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, approximately 170,000 light years from Earth. It is a giant area of star birth, measuring nearly 1000 light years across. Photographed by the Wide-Field-Imager on the MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile.

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