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NGC 1858 glints with brighter stars against a backdrop of tiny pinpricks of light in the star-forming Large Magellanic Cloud.
Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Gilmore
NGC 1858 is estimated to be around 10 million years old. NGC 1858 is located about 160,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado and contains multiple massive stars.
Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Gilmore
Open clusters are a type of star cluster with loose gravitational attraction between the stars, which causes the cluster to be irregularly shaped and its stars to be spread out.
Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Gilmore
NGC 1858, an emission nebula, glows with ionized gas lit by nearby stars, forming a faint cloud in the image’s center and lower right.
Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Gilmore
NGC 1858 hosts stars at different evolutionary stages, including a protostar and an emission nebula, hinting at recent or ongoing star formation.
Credit: NASA, ESA and G. Gilmore
In a crowded sky, NGC 1858 is studied using Hubble’s sharp resolution and infrared sensitivity to distinguish its stars.
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