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A grouping of large, glowing, and purplish stars dominate the image’s center. Dark ridges of gas and dust are visible around them, with more background stars crowding the view.

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NGC 346 is nestled within the Small Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and C. Murray (Space Telescope Science Institute); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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