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N90 nebula in the Small Magellanic Cloud
author: Nasa/ESA/Hubble heritage team/Novapix
reference: a-neb80-90001
Image Size 300 DPI: 31 * 31 cm
N90 is one of the star-forming regions in the Small Magellanic Cloud approximately 200,000 light-years away from the Earth.. The rich populations of infant stars found here enable astronomers to examine star forming processes in an environment that is very different from that in our own Milky Way. The high energy radiation blazing out from the hot young stars in N90 is eroding the outer portions of the nebula from the inside, as the diffuse outer reaches of the nebula prevent the energetic outflows from streaming away from the cluster directly. Numerous background galaxies in this picture can be seen. Composite image taken by the Hubble space telescope in July 2004.
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