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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.

Keywords for this photo:

2004 - ASTRONOMY - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - NEBULA - NGC 346 - OPEN CLUSTER - SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STAR FORMATION - TUCANA - YOUNG STAR -