A Butterfly-Shaped 'Papillon Nebula' Yields Secrets of Massive Star Birth
A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope view of a turbulent cauldron of starbirth, called N159, taking place 170, 000 light-years away in our satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC).
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About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05240-6948, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, N159 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation |
| Distance: | 170000 light years |
| Category: | Nebulae |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical OII |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |