Bubbles of Brand New Stars in The Large Magellanic Cloud: Wide-field View | ESO
This dazzling region of newly-forming stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was captured by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The relatively small amount of dust in the LMC and MUSE’s acute vision allowed intricate details of the region to be picked out in visible light.
Distance: around 160,000 light-years
The image is a color composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and shows the region surrounding LHA 120-N 180B, visible at the center of the image.
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date: February 6, 2019
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