Glowing Nebulas NGC 2014 & NGC 2020 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has captured a detailed view of a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud—one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies. This sharp image reveals two glowing clouds of gas. NGC 2014 (right) is irregularly shaped and red and its neighbor, NGC 2020, is round and blue. These odd and very different forms were both sculpted by powerful stellar winds from extremely hot newborn stars that also radiate into the gas, causing it to glow brightly.
Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)
Release Date: August 7, 2013
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