Friday, March 14, 2008

Star Forming Region LH 95 3.10?

This is a picture of the star-forming region LH 95, in the Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy, taken by the Hubble Telescope. The picture is such high resolution that you can clearly see smaller, cooler stars than the blue giants, which are usually the only visible ones. There is also a cloud of dark dust and hydrogen gas visible in the picture. LH 95 is about 160,000 light years away and is about 150 light years across, in the constellation Dorado.

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