'Double Bubble' in Neighboring Galaxy
A unique peanut-shaped cocoon of dust, called a reflection nebula, surrounds a cluster of young, hot stars in this view from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The 'double bubble, ' called N30B, is inside a larger nebula, named DEM L 106. The larger nebula is embedded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way located 160, 000 light-years away. The wispy filaments of DEM L 106 fill much of the image.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0229a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 5 December 2002, 06:00 |
| Size: | 747 x 1218 px |
About the Object
| Name: | DEM L 106, Large Magellanic Cloud, LHA 120-N 30B, N30B |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Nebula : Appearance : Reflection • Nebulae Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
656 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical SII |
673 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
