PetaPixel You’ve Never Seen a Star Cluster Quite Like This Before


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A vibrant image of a star cluster in space. Numerous bright, blue stars are densely packed in the center, surrounded by a nebula with swirling clouds of gas and dust. The background features a multitude of distant stars, creating a captivating celestial scene.

The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is about 210,000 light-years away. The SMC is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors and is one of its "satellite" galaxies. Inside the SMC is a star cluster, NGC 346, and it is one of the most beautiful cosmic sights out there.

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