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Nebula NGC 346 in the Small Magellic Cloud

by

Nasa/ESA/Novapix

Reference

a-neb80-66002

Date

2007-02-01

Hubble Space Telescope view of N66 located 210,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). At the center of the region is the brilliant star cluster NGC 346. NGC 346 cluster, contains a myriad of young stars formed about 5 million years ago.On this image, the north is on bottom and the east on the left.