The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back a gorgeous new view of one of our nearest galactic neighbors, which is full of bright, colorful stars.
Located about 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Small Magellanic Cloud Large Magellanic Cloud
“Thanks to its proximity, the SMC is one of only a few galaxies European Space Agency a statement Hubble
The SMC can be viewed in the southern sky. Most of the galaxy lies in the constellation
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“For viewers in the southern hemisphere and some latitudes in the northern hemisphere, the SMC resembles a piece of the Milky Way
Using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 instrument, astronomers captured this recent up-close view of the SMC, full of twinkling stars. The image features a small region of the SMC near the center of NGC 346
The image was created using data collected by four filters, which observe different wavelengths of light. Combining the different views allows astronomers to create a multicolored image of the gas, dust and stars. The more distant stars appear as small orange dots, while closer stars
The recent Hubble image, which was shared online on March 17, also captures a nebula
