Hot White Dwarf Shines in Young Star Cluster
A dazzling 'jewel-box' collection of over 20, 000 stars can be seen in crystal clarity in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2. The young (40 million year old) cluster, called NGC 1818, is 164, 000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. The LMC, a site of vigorous current star formation, is an ideal nearby laboratory for studying stellar evolution.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9816a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 9 April 1998, 06:00 |
| Size: | 900 x 889 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 1818 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster • Star Clusters Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical B |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
