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Nebula NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud

author: Nasa/ESA/Novapix

reference: a-neb80-66000

Image Size 300 DPI: 40 * 42 cm

Nebula NGC 346 in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby irregular galaxy, seen by the Hubble space telescope in July 2004. In the center of this nebula, a cluster of very young stars, some of them are less than 5 millions years old.

Keywords for this photo:

2004 - ACT010210 - ASTRONOMY - HST - HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE - NEBULA - NGC 346 - OPEN CLUSTER - SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR - STAR CLUSTER - STAR FORMATION - TUCANA - TWINKLING - YOUNG STAR -