Day 19 of the Space Telescope Advent Calendar 2024: Signs in the Clouds

Day 19 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: A Beacon in the Clouds Image from the James Space Telescope. The Webb features bright H II regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud. which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way This nebula, called N79, is a region of ionized interstellar atomic hydrogen. Spotted by the Webb’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), N79 is a large cluster of stars about 1,630 light-years in diameter. This image focuses on one of three giant molecular clouds known as N79 in the south.

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