Superbubble LHA 120-N 44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

Superbubble LHA 120-N 44 in the Large Magellanic Cloud | ESO

The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has been used to obtain this view of the nebula LHA 120-N 44 surrounding the star cluster. 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.

Distance: 170,000 light years

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Manu Mejias

Release Date: July 20, 2011

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