Tarantula Nebula NGC2070 ( 30 Doradus) in LMC

This image is a composite of four 15 second shots taken at prime focus 17Oct 2003
This nebula is in the large Magellanic Cloud at a distance of about 179,000 light years.

and enhanced in AIP for windows and photoshop

The image below is of the same object taken on 26 Sept 06.
the exposure time for this one was 30secs at prime focus 13.1" mirror @ f4.5