Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Trapping of the Tarantula

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Tarantula nebula by TRAPPIST

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Original – This first light image of the TRAPPIST national telescope at La Silla shows the Tarantula Nebula, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our closest celestial neighbors.

Reason: Excellent EV, high res file of one of the first inages from TRAPPIST.
Articles in which this image appears: BI 253,Caldwell catalogue,First light (astronomy), TRAPPIST
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator: TRAPPIST/E. Jehin/ESO

Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 07:11, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose - Rather underwhelming as astrophoto... --Janke | Talk 09:41, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose – Per Janke. Another interstellar mass of orbs. – Sca (talk) 13:53, 4 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
comment TRAPPIST isn't really the right instrument for this.©Geni (talk) 09:52, 12 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 13:53, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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