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Nebula N119 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
author: ESO/Novapix
reference: a-neb80-11901
Image Size 300 DPI: 19 * 19 cm
N119 is an"H II region" quite large, about 400 x 600 light-years, and it is situated at the northern side of the stellar bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud, near the centre of rotation of the neutral hydrogen in this galaxy. It is this bar that is responsible for the much higher star density in the lower half of the photo N119 is the only nebula in the LMC in which the gas is distributed according to such a spiral structure. The distribution of the ionizing stars cannot well explain such an intriguing shape. The measured motions indicate the action of stellar winds and that the ionized gas forms a rotating system.
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