This pinkish-red glowing gas cloud resembles curling flames from a campfire. A faint tail of gas trailing off the top of the cloud sits opposite a dense cluster of bright white and yellow stars at the bottom.

C57 – Hubble-V

This Hubble image zooms in to a stellar nursery within Caldwell 57 called Hubble-V. The image combines observations taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 in visible and ultraviolet light. This magnificent nebula in a neighboring galaxy is giving astronomers new insight into the fierce birth of stars, which may have been more a typical occurrence in the early universe.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)