#magellanic

Large Magellanic Fireworks

Resembling sparks from a fireworks display, this image taken by a JPL camera onboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows delicate filaments that are sheets of debris from a stellar explosion in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy.

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Nikon d810a - 50mm - ISO 5000 - f/2.8 - Foreground: 5 x 20 seconds - Sky: 15 x 30 seconds - iOptron SkyTracker - Hoya Red Intensifier filter

Known as N11, this region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). The featured image was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry. Although the section imaged above is known as NGC 1763, the entire N11 emission nebula is second largest in LMC, only behind the Tarantula Nebula. Dark dust is home to emerging young stars, which are also visible around the image.