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NGC 346, Open Cluster and Nebula Complex in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

NGC 346, Open Cluster and Nebula Complex in the Small Magellanic Cloud. NGC 346 is the brightest star forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. NGC 346 represents the open star cluster which illuminates the vast nebula complex known as N66 that spans almost 200 light years across. The stars are young, having formed only a few million years ago.
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Title: NGC 346, Open Cluster and Nebula Complex in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
Caption: NGC 346, Open Cluster and Nebula Complex in the Small Magellanic Cloud. NGC 346 is the brightest star forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. NGC 346 represents the open star cluster which illuminates the vast nebula complex known as N66 that spans almost 200 light years across. The stars are young, having formed only a few million years ago.
Category: Space
Credit: Album / Robert Gendler/Stocktrek Images
Image size: 3659 × 2802 px | 29.3 MB
Print size: 31.0 × 23.7 cm | 1440.6 × 1103.1 in (300 dpi)