Tuesday, July 26, 2011

ESA ESO VLTelescope: Nebula LHA 120-N 44

The nebula LHA 120-N 44 surrounding the star cluster NGC 1929 is seen in this image taken with ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

Lying within the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way, this region of star formation features a colossal superbubble of material expanding outwards due to the influence of the cluster of young stars at its heart that sculpts the interstellar landscape and drives forward the nebula’s evolution.

Picture: ESO/Manu Mejias/EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY/ AFP

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