Star Forming Region N90: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

Star Forming Region N90: Wide-field View (ground-based image)

This image shows the area around nebula N90. N90 is a rich star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.

Distance: 200,000 light years

This is a color composite made from Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2) exposure. The field of view is 3.1x2.8 degrees.

Credit: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: Jan. 8, 2007

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