Nebulae
A Butterfly-Shaped 'Papillon Nebula' Yields Secrets of Massive Star Birth
June 10, 1999 · ESA/Hubble · IRAS 05240-6948 , Large Magellanic Cloud , LMC , N159
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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