Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2022 April 12
    [2]The featured image shows the dark nebula N11 which appears in the
    Large Magellanic Cloud -- a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way. Please
             see the explanation for more detailed information.

                         N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
           Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA; Processing: [5]Josh Lake

   Explanation: Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of [6]dust, and
   [7]energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque
   regions of [8]star formation in the [9]Local Group of Galaxies. Known
   as [10]N11, the region is [11]visible on the upper right of many images
   of its home galaxy, the [12]Milky Way neighbor known as the [13]Large
   Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The [14]featured image was taken for scientific
   purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and [15]reprocessed for
   artistry. Although the section imaged above is known as [16]NGC 1763,
   the entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to the
   [17]Tarantula Nebula. Compact [18]globules of dark dust housing
   emerging young stars are also visible around the image. A [19]recent
   study of [20]variable stars in the LMC with [21]Hubble has helped to
   recalibrate the [22]distance scale of the [23]observable universe, but
   resulted in a [24]slightly different scale than [25]found using the
   pervasive [26]cosmic microwave background.

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