The Cosmic Web of the Tarantula Nebula. I mean... I guess it looks spidery? Whether or not this nebula is indeed deserving of its arachnidan classification, it's still the largest star forming region in the entire galactic neighborhood. Doesn't that diction make it sound like the National Aeronautic Space Association is calling this nebula the 'big kid on the block'. Well, it is. It's located in the Large Magellenic Cloud which is merely a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. It spans about 1.000 lightyears across. From NASA's description of the photo, "Were it placed at the distance of Milky Way's Orion Nebula, only 1,500 light-years distant and the nearest stellar nursery to Earth, it would appear to cover about 30 degrees (60 full moons) on the sky." So good, I had to include it.
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