Sujet
Star Cluster NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Légende
Star Cluster NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A small portion of the nebula near the star cluster NGC 2074 (upper / left). The region is a firestorm of raw stellar creation / perhaps triggered by a nearby supernova explosion. It lies about 170 / 000 light-years away near the Tarantula nebula / one of the most active star-forming regions in our Local Group of galaxies. The three-dimensional-looking image reveals dramatic ridges and valleys of dust / serpent-head "pillars of creation / " and gaseous filaments glowing fiercely under torrential ultraviolet radiation. The seahorse-shaped pillar at lower / right is approximately 20 light-years long / roughly four times the distance between our Sun and the nearest star / Alpha Centauri. The region is in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) / a satellite of the Milky Way galaxy. This representative color image was taken on August 10 / 2008 / with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2. Red shows emission from sulfur atoms / green from glowing hydrogen / and blue from glowing oxygen.
Info+
NASA, ESA, and M. Livio (STScI)/World History Archive
Crédit
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Notre référence
ARP11A02_493
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
55,0Mo (2,0Mo) / 37,4cm x 36,9cm / 4414 x 4355 (300dpi)