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  1. Image 2

    One of the most visually stunning images #Hubble has captured. This is the giant nebula #NGC2014 and its neighbor #NGC2020, part of a star-forming region in the #LargeMagellanicCloud—a satellite galaxy of the #MilkyWay, about 163,000 light-years distant.

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  2. Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth

    This image is one of the most photogenic examples of the many turbulent stellar nurseries the #NASA/#ESA #Hubble #Space #Telescope has observed during its 30-year lifetime.

    The portrait features the giant nebula #NGC2014 and its neighbour #NGC2020 which together form part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the #MilkyWay, approximately 163 000 light-years away.

    Credit: NASA, ESA, and STScI