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LMC Star Clouds
Explanation: Pictured above are clouds of young stars forming an arc in the nearby Large Magellanic Cloud , the nearest galaxy to the our Milky Way Galaxy . These stars are situated in a star forming region known as N 51. The stars are so young they shine mostly in blue and ultraviolet light, and so massive their lifetimes are only millions of years - much shorter than the billions of years of lower mass stars like our Sun . This picture was taken in ultraviolet light by NASA's Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope in March 1995. The reason the arc has the observed shape is currently unknown.
| Date | October 11, 1995 |
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| Credit | Credit: NASA, Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |