Massive Starbirth in N81
A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope 'family portrait' of young, ultra-bright stars nested in their embryonic cloud of glowing gases. The celestial maternity ward, called N81, is located 200, 000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a small irregular satellite galaxy of our Milky Way.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9825a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 23 July 1998, 06:00 |
| Size: | 731 x 731 px |
About the Object
| Name: | N81 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 200000 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-beta |
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
