... N11: Star Clouds of the LMC . ... Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. ... Grand spiral galaxies often seem to get all the glory, flaunting their young, bright, blue star clusters in beautiful, symmetric spiral arms. ... The Arms of M106 . ... The well-measured distance to M106 is 23.5 million light-years, making this cosmic scene about 80,000 light-years across. ...