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N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view of a turbulent cauldron of starbirth, called N159, taking place 170,000 light-years away in our satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Torrential stellar winds from hot newborn massive stars within the nebula sculpt ridges, arcs, and filaments in the vast cloud, which is over 150 light-years across.

Credit: M. Heydari-Malayeri (Paris Observatory) and NASA/ESA

 

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Id:opo9923b
Object:Papillon Nebula, N159, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, IRAS 05240-6948
Type:Nebula
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:1499
Height:1479

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