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A view of the Large Magellanic Cloud captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray, J. Maíz Apellániz)z)z)niz)

Star clusters are among the many objects observed by the These gravitationally bound groups of stars often form from the same molecular cloud and come in various types. These clusters help astronomers study , environments and the interplay between stars and interstellar gas and dust.t.

Recently, the Hubble Space Telescope caught one of these clusters in the

What is it?

of the Milky Way. It's actually visible to the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere and is an ideal hub for studying star formation and galactic structures. The LMC is defined as an irregular galaxy, as it lacks the well-defined spiral arms seen in many larger galaxies.

Where is it?

The LMC is located around from Earth..

Gas and dust swirl around younger stars in the LMC. (Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray, J. Maíz Apellániz)z)z)niz)

Why is it amazing?

Because its stars are relatively nearby and its chemical makeup differs slightly from that of the , the LMC provides astronomers with unique opportunities to compare how and evolve in different environments.s.

In this image, Hubble peers into the star forming area of the LMC, known as N11. The picture created is the result of combining observations taken roughly 20 years apart. The older data (from 2002 to2003) used Hubble's while newer data from Hubble's focuses on mapping the dusty gas structures.es.

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