Nebula NGC 346 in the Small Magellic Cloud
author: Nasa/ESA/Novapix
reference: a-neb80-66002
Image Size 300 DPI: 27 * 31 cm
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.