Nebula N 81
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has peered deep into a neighboring galaxy to reveal details of the formation of new stars. Hubble's target was a newborn star cluster within the Small Magellanic Cloud, a small galaxy that is a satellite of our own Milky Way. The new images show young, brilliant stars cradled within a nebula, or glowing cloud of gas, cataloged as N 81.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0030a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 October 2000, 06:00 |
| Size: | 570 x 618 px |
About the Object
| Name: | N 81, Small Magellanic Cloud |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 200000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical H-beta |
487 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical Oiii |
502 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
656 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
