Image: Omega nebula

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Description: Omega Nebula is one of the brightest and most massive star-forming regions of our galaxy 5500 ly away in the constellation Sagittarius - 15 light-years in diameter, 800 stars - The open cluster NGC 6618 causes the gases to shine - Only 1 million years old, it's one of the youngest clusters known -
Title: Omega nebula
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Author: Pablo Carlos Budassi
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