Huge
74. star formation
region N11 in the LMC
This broad vista of young stars and gas clouds in our neighbouring galaxy,
the Large Magellanic Cloud, was captured by Hubble’s Advanced
Camera for Surveys (ACS). This region is named LHA 120-N 11, informally
known as N11, and is one of the most active star formation regions in the
nearby Universe. This picture is a mosaic of ACS data from five different
positions and covers a region about six arcminutes across.
Credit: NASA, ESA and Jesús Maíz Apellániz (Instituto de Astrofísica de
Andalucía, Spain)
“I entered the field of astronomy when
Hubble was already in its ‘prime’ years,
so it is hard for me to imagine a world
without Hubble and the amazing
discoveries that have resulted. Hubble
has rewritten the textbooks, exploring
all scales of the universe. Humanity
would be at a great loss without the
fundamental discoveries of the Hubble
Space Telescope.”
— Dr. Katherine E. Whitaker
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland