Here is an image of the Tarantula nebula, taken by the European Southern Observatory's Wide Field Imager camera on the 2.2 meter 'scope at La Silla, Chile.
This object is very far south; it is not visible north of 15 degrees north latitude.
Its location is as follows: RA 5h 38.581 m, dec. -69º 4.83'.
Here is an image of its parent galaxy:
The bright pink area on the galaxy's upper left is the Tarantula Nebula.
