HUBBLE ATLAS
'Double Bubble' in Neighboring Galaxy (DEM L 106 , Large Magellanic Cloud , LHA 120-N 30B , N30B) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Nebulae

'Double Bubble' in Neighboring Galaxy

December 5, 2002 · ESA/Hubble · DEM L 106 , Large Magellanic Cloud , LHA 120-N 30B , N30B · Dorado

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A unique peanut-shaped cocoon of dust, called a reflection nebula, surrounds a cluster of young, hot stars in this view from the NASA / ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The 'double bubble, ' called N30B, is inside a larger nebula, named DEM L 106. The larger nebula is embedded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way located 160, 000 light-years away. The wispy filaments of DEM L 106 fill much of the image.