Gaseous streamers flutter in stellar breeze

Ground-based H-alpha image of the entire N44 Complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud taken at the Curtis Schmidt Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile by R. Chris Smith.

Credit:

R. Chris Smith (CTIO)

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo0212b
Type:Collage
Release date:9 May 2002, 06:00
Size:600 x 583 px

About the Object

Name:N44
Type:Local Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Distance:170000 light years
Category:Nebulae

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