#UMPlus - NGC 1978 by Martin Pugh

https://www.universomagico.net/2025/01/ngc-1978-por-martin-pugh.html

Astronomer Martin Pugh's excellent image shows the globular cluster NGC 1978. It is located in the direction of the constellation Doradus and is found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a companion galaxy to the Milky Way. It is located at a distance of 159,700 light years from Earth. Unlike.....
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#UMPlus - HOPS 150 and 153

https://www.universomagico.net/2025/01/hops-150-y-153.html

This Hubble Space Telescope image is a close-up of the dusty recesses of the closest massive star-forming region to Earth, the Orion Nebula Messier 42. Located just 1,300 light-years from the Solar System and facing the Orion constellation, it is visible to the naked eye beneath.....
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