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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
ESA, &
F. Paresce (INAF-IASF),
R. O'Connell
(U. Virginia), & the
HST WFC3
Science Oversight Committee
Explanation:
In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster
containing some of the largest, hottest, and most massive stars known.
These stars, known collectively as
star cluster R136, were captured
in the
featured
image in
visible light
by the
Wide Field Camera 3 in 2009 peering through
the
Hubble Space Telescope.
Gas and dust clouds in
30 Doradus, also known as the
Tarantula Nebula,
have been sculpted into elongated shapes by powerful
winds and
ultraviolet
radiation
from these hot cluster stars.
The 30 Doradus Nebula
lies within a neighboring galaxy known as the
Large Magellanic Cloud and is located a mere 170,000
light-years away.
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Publications with keywords: R 136 - LMC - 30 Doradus
Publications with words: R 136 - LMC - 30 Doradus
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