NGC 290 is an open star cluster about 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.
Image Credit: NASA / ESA
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NGC 290 is an open star cluster about 200,000 light-years away in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.
Image Credit: NASA / ESA
Ooh. Purdy!
I have swiped this image to use as a screensaver on my iPad — “Fair Use” be damned. 😉
It’s in the public domain.
*whew* 😉
I like today’s Astronomy Picture, “are your retinas burning?”
Thank you, Mr. Hoge, for finding such great pictures and sharing them with us.
Ditto.