Pan of Massive Star Cluster NGC 346 | Hubble
Astronomers have been bemused to find young stars spiralling into the center of a massive cluster of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The outer arm of the spiral in this huge, oddly shaped stellar nursery—called NGC 346—may be feeding star formation in a river-like motion of gas and stars. The massive star cluster NGC 346, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, has long intrigued astronomers with its unusual shape. Only 150 light-years in diameter, NGC 346 boasts the mass of 50,000 Suns. Its intriguing shape and rapid star formation rate has puzzled astronomers.
Credit: NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), N. Bartmann
Release Date: September 8, 2022
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