For the Hubbles 22nd
anniversary, NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute released
one of the largest mosaics ever built from the photos of the Hubble
telescope. The picture is to give the attention to a breeding ground
located in 30 Doradus which is a area where stars are born. This is
commonly called a Star Forming Complex.
30 Doradus is the brightest of all
the star forming regions in our galaxies neighboring regions. It is
actually located within the center of the Tarantula nebula. The
nebula is somewhere in the range of 170000 light years away and is a
small satellite galaxy of the milky way. We don’t know of any star
forming regions in our galaxy that can even compete with 30 Doradus.
Luckily, this nebula is close enough
to see individual stars. This allows us to gain sufficient amounts of
data. This particular system manages to form stars extremely quickly
over millions of years in comparison to others. In fact, this is one
of the only star forming regions that we can even study well enough.
It is invaluable to our knowledge of the universe as well as learning
the evolution of stars. Thank you for the wonderful photograph!
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