Six panel mosaic of the Tarantula and south. Yellow: H-alpha 16hrs. Blue: OIII 16hrs.

Observe the head of a fierce taipan (an Australian snake) about 20% of the way toward 8 o'clock from dead centre, and the wide-open blue aws of a shark about 80% of the way toward 5 o'clock. More harmless is an upside-down cat seated about 70% of the way toward 7 o'clock.

No sharpening or deconvolution. Aspen CG16M on 20" Planewave CDK. All observatory control and image processing software written in-house.

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