The Name N159 Doesn’t Do This Brilliant Star-Forming Region Justice

You're looking at part of the N159 star-forming complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Dwarfed in size by the neighbouring Tarantula Nebula, itself the subject of many gorgeous images, N159 is easily overlooked. But as this ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week shows, it has its own astronomical gorgeousness. Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R. Indebetouw. LICENCE: CC BY 4.0 INT or ESA Standard Licence

This ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week captures all the glory of the star-forming region N159. It’s in the Large Magellanic Cloud, and is dwarfed by its much larger neighbour, the Tarantula Nebula. But N159 is gorgeous, too, so captivating that it’s been featured as a Picture of the Week several times.

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