N159 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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). Torrential stellar winds from hot newborn massive stars within the nebula sculpt ridges, arcs, and filaments in the vast cloud, which is over 150 light-years across.

Credit:

M. Heydari-Malayeri (Paris Observatory) and NASA/ESA

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9923b
Type:Observation
Release date:10 June 1999, 15:00
Size:1500 x 1479 px

About the Object

Name:N159
Type:Local Universe : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Distance:170000 light years
Constellation:Dorado
Category:Nebulae

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Coordinates

Position (RA):5 40 9.29
Position (Dec):-69° 44' 29.47"
Field of view:2.49 x 2.46 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 61.2° left of vertical


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