Hubble Space Telescope image of N159, a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, 170,000 light-years away. The image showcases bright newborn stars, dark dust filaments, and red glowing hydrogen gas. The central feature is the Papillon Nebula (Butterfly Nebula), a compact bipolar cloud of unknown origin, possibly indicating unseen high-mass stars and a thick gaseous disk. The nebula spans over 150 light-years.

Astronomy Picture from 21/12/2003

N159 and the Papillon Nebula

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap031221.html


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