THE TRAIL WE BLAZE

 

  The trail we blaze⁣:

@NASAHubble catches a cosmic reef 163,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Dorado. 

These nebulae are part of a vast star-forming region, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way full of massive stars.⁣ ⁣ 

The stars near the center of the image are around 10 to 20 times the size of our Sun, and their intense radiation heats surrounding dense gases like oxygen seen in light blue to 20,000°F (11,000°C).

 Hydrogen and nitrogen are relatively cooler in temperature and are seen in red. The nebula in the lower left was created from a star 200,000 times brighter than our Sun, which ejected gas in a series of eruptive events.⁣ ⁣ 

Image description: An image is split in two. In the bottom left of the first image a bright blue ring appears, slightly fading in all directions, with a small blue dot in the middle. Red and orange waves of gas ripple, arcing from top left to top right. A light blue center appears out of the sea of red, and several bright white dots shine through. In the top right, dark blue gas emanates from the blackness of space.⁣ ⁣

 Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

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                    16 October 2023