Complex Nebula Cluster
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Produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute’s Office of Public Outreach in collaboration with NASA’s Universe of Learning partners: Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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- N11 region in the Large Magellanic Cloud: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
- Detail in the N11 cloud complex: NASA, ESA. Image Processing: Gladys Kober.
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August 23, 2024. Complex Nebula Cluster. Credit: Digitized Sky Survey.
Text: In the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby dwarf galaxy, lies the complex cluster of nebulae known as N11.
N11 is one of the largest and most energetic regions in the small galaxy, with a cosmic buffet of stars for astronomers to study.
A cluster of pink stars with a bright star below with a blue halo.
Text: Young massive stars ionize gas clouds, turning the region pink.
Credit: Hubble Space Telescope.
Text: Winds and ultraviolet light from these massive stars, as well as their eventual supernova explosions, carve cavities in the clouds.
Here astronomers study stars at various stages of development, and how rich regions like this change over time.
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A mass of dark pink gas dotted with blue and white stars against a starry black background.
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