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                                2019 April 29
                                      [2]
                         N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
      Image Credit: NASA [3] , ESA [4] ; Acknowledgement: Josh Lake [5]

Explanation: Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust [6] , and
energetic light [7] sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of
star formation [8]  in the Local Group of Galaxies [9] . Known as N11 [10] ,
the region is visible on the upper right [11]  of many images of its home
galaxy, the Milky Way [12]  neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Clouds [13]
 (LMC). The featured image [14]  was taken for scientific purposes by the
Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry [15]  by an amateur to win
a Hubble's Hidden Treasures [16]  competition. Although the section imaged
above is known as NGC 1763 [17] , the entire N11 emission nebula is second in
LMC size only to the Tarantula Nebula [18] . Compact globules of dark dust
[19] housing emerging young stars are also visible around the image. A new
study [20]  of variable stars [21]  in the LMC with Hubble [22]  has helped to
recalibrate the distance scale [23] of the observable universe [24] , but
resulted in a slightly different scale [25] than found using [26] the
pervasive cosmic microwave background [27] .

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