APOD 3.6

Todays APOD is from February 17th and is very cool and relevant to the topic we are discussing in class.

This is a picture of the tarantula nebula and it is the most complex and largest star forming region in our galaxy. If you look closely, one can see spider-like legs protruding from all around this, thus giving it the name. This is actually orbiting our galaxy as a smaller galaxy despite the fact it is 1000 light years across. A cool way to imagine it, is that if it were 1500 light years away from us, it would take up the same amount of space as 60 moons in our night sky. I chose this image because it is not only amazing but also relevant to the topic we are discussing in class.