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Old 01-01-2010, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by avandonk View Post
We could go on and compare Carina to the Tarantula Nebula at 180,000 light years away.

Below is an image of the Tarantula with Carina inserted at real relative sizes (if my calculations are correct?). Can you spot Carina?

Bert
Yep. If you'd masked the sharp edges it would have been harder.
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