NGC 1898 Globular Cluster Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) The planet

The planet

One square degree image of the Tarantula Nebula and its surroundings

The atoms caught in the shock emit the spectacular radiation seen in this image

covering only a tiny fraction of the nebula's vast structure

It was produced from three images

NGC 1898 Globular Cluster Wall Art including Frame Sizes:MEDIUM (16x16) The planetThis glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies toward the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud one of our closest cosmic neighbors. The Large Magellanic Cloud is a dwarf galaxy that hosts an extremely rich population of star clusters, making it an ideal laboratory for investigating star formation. Discovered in November 1834 by British astronomer John Herschel, NGC 1898 has been scrutinized numerous times by the NASA ESA