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How far away is it in light-years? |
What constellation is it in? |
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What does it look like? |
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| H II Region and Reflection Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) | These structures is 160,000 light-years away. | Dorado | From N30B nebula, Henize S22 would " appear 250 times as bright as the planet Venus" from Earth (http://hubblesite.org). |  |
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| NGC 1300 | NGC 1300 lies 69 million light-years away from Earth. | NGC 1300 lies on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. | Additional galaxies may be viewed through the NGC 1300. Also, what appears to be the beginngin of a black hole can be seen in the center of the galaxy. This is the galaxy and constellation that contains the star known as Achernar. |  |
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| NGC 346, a cluster and nebulosity in the Small Magellanic Cloud. | SMC is 210,000 light-years away | Tucana | Nestled among other starburst regions with the small galaxy, the nebula NGC 346 alone contains more than 2,500 infant stars. The oldest population of stars is 4.5 billion years, roughly the age of our Sun. The younger population arose only 5 million years ago. |  |
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| NGC 1999, a reflection Nebula in Orion. | The distance to NGC 1999 is 1500 light-years. | Orion | To the left of this cloud is the young, bright star that is illuminating the nebula. This star is cataloged as V380 Orionis, and its white color is due to its high surface temperature of about 10,000 degrees Celsius (nearly twice that of our own Sun). Its mass isestimated to be 3.5 times that of the Sun. The star is so young that itis still surrounded by a cloud of material left over from its formation, here seen as the reflection nebula (http://hubblesite.org). |  |
Information about the four Nebulae listed above derives from Hubblesite.org.
