Image: The glowing gas cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Description: In this image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), light from blazing blue stars energises the gas left over from the stars’ recent formation. The result is a strikingly colourful emission nebula, called LHA 120-N55, in which the stars are adorned with a mantle of glowing gas. Astronomers study these beautiful displays to learn about the conditions in places where new stars develop.
Title: The glowing gas cloud LHA 120-N55 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Credit: http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1616a/
Author: ESO
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