Selected | #63

A roiling wall of smoke. Studded with stars. The open cluster NGC 6530. Lying around 4350 light-years from Earth.
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, O. De Marco; CC BY 4.0 Acknowledgement: M. H. Özsaraç

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Selected | #65

Sky around the location of star V960 Mon.
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

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Selected | #67

Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex. Closest star-forming region to Earth.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, K. Pontoppidan (STScI), A. Pagan (STScI)

Selected | #67

Selected | #70

In the constellation Sagittarius. A globular cluster. Located about 28 000 light years from Earth. Infrared image of NGC 6723.

Credit: ESO/S. Meingast et al.

Selected | #70

Selected | #71

A portion of the dwarf galaxy Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM).

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, and K. McQuinn (Rutgers University), A. Pagan (STScI).

Selected | #71

Selected | #72

Sh2-239. Distinct nebula in which stars have been forming for quite some time. Two clusters of highly embedded very young stars.

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Selected | #72

Selected | #74

An open cluster of stars.  Embedded in the nebula out of which it formed. NGC 7380. The Wizard Nebula.

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

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Selected | #74

Selected | #75

Dark clouds of hydrogen gas laced with dust are silhouetted. A tiny portion of the Rosette Nebula. NGC 2440. Huge star-forming region.

Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI 

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