Caldwell 103 the Tarantula Nebula

[Ben Cartwright SASS]

The Tarantula Nebula Caldwell 103 In the Tarantula Nebula, the massive stars are carving deep cavities in the surrounding material by unleashing a torrent of ultraviolet light, which is winnowing away at the enveloping hydrogen gas cloud in which the stars were born. Besides sculpting the gaseous terrain, the brilliant stars may be triggering a new generation of offspring. When the ultraviolet radiation hits dense walls of gas, it creates shocks, which may generate a new wave of star birth. In fact, scientists believe that a shock wave from a nearby supernova may have caused the cloud of gas and dust that the Sun formed within to collapse, leading to the creation of our solar system. If correct, that means we owe our lives to the violent death of a massive neighboring star.

Taken by me using the SLOOH Chile 17" scope and processed in Pixinsight This is about my 5th image using Pixinsight, I am trying to learn it, it has a steep learning curve. I am using a script written for the slooh scopes and then adjusting with the histogram - haven't learned other tools yet. Finally finished in Lightroom, PhotoshopCC and AI Denoise