Star-Forming Region in Galaxy NGC 2366
Clusters of stars and a fishhook-shaped cloud of luminescent gases glow brilliantly in NGC 2363, a giant star-forming region in the Magellanic galaxy NGC 2366.
The brightest star visible on this image (at the tip of the fishhook) is a rare class called an erupting Luminous Blue Variable (LBV). This monstrous star (30 to 60 times as massive as the Sun) is in a very unstable, eruptive phase of its life.
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About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9631b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 11 October 1996, 06:00 |
| Size: | 901 x 821 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 2363 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 13 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical B |
469 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
656 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
