NGC 2070
E500666
NGC 2070 is a massive, luminous star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, best known for containing the dense star cluster R136 and powering the Tarantula Nebula.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
star cluster
ⓘ
stellar association ⓘ |
| age |
a few million years
ⓘ
younger than 5 million years ⓘ |
| catalogCode | NGC 2070 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
O-type stars
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R136 NERFINISHED ⓘ Wolf–Rayet stars NERFINISHED ⓘ massive young stars ⓘ very massive stars exceeding 100 solar masses ⓘ |
| declination | −69° 06′ (approximate) ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | James Dunlop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1826 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
approximately 160000 light-years
ⓘ
approximately 49 kiloparsecs ⓘ |
| drives | stellar winds shaping the Tarantula Nebula gas ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
30 Doradus cluster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarantula Nebula central cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEmission | strong ultraviolet radiation ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedMass | several 10^4 solar masses ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
extremely luminous
ⓘ
high stellar density ⓘ massive star-forming region ⓘ strong ionizing radiation field ⓘ very young stellar population ⓘ |
| hasRole |
laboratory for massive star formation studies
ⓘ
template for starburst regions in other galaxies ⓘ |
| hasSubstructure |
R136a
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
R136b NERFINISHED ⓘ R136c NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hostGalaxy | Large Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ionizes | gas in the Tarantula Nebula ⓘ |
| isCentralEngineOf | Tarantula Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
most active star-forming regions in the Local Group
ⓘ
most massive young clusters in the Local Group ⓘ |
| isStudiedIn |
initial mass function studies in starburst clusters
ⓘ
massive star evolution research ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Large Magellanic Cloud
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarantula Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ constellation Dorado ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ Very Large Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 30 Doradus region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 05h 38m (approximate) ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dorado