Postcard16: NGC 346
This Hubble Space Telescope view shows one of the most dynamic and intricately detailed star-forming regions in space, located 210 000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. At the centre of the region is a brilliant star cluster called NGC 346. A dramatic structure of arched, ragged filaments with a distinct ridge surrounds the cluster. Read more about this image here.
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Credit:ESA/Hubble
About the Postcard
Id: | hst_postcard_0018 |
Release date: | 22 March 2011, 10:22 |
Dimensions: | 12 cm (W) x 17 cm (H) |