esahubble_opo0212a May 9th, 2002
Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team
N44C is the designation for a region of ionized hydrogen gas surrounding an association of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a nearby, small companion galaxy to the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere. N44C is part of the larger N44 complex, which includes young, hot, massive stars, nebulae, and a 'superbubble' blown out by multiple supernova explosions.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/opo0212a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
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