Explanation: Massive stars, abrasive winds, mountains of dust, and energetic light sculpt one of the largest and most picturesque regions of star formation in the Local Group of Galaxies. Known as N11, the region is visible on the upper right of many images of its home galaxy, the Milky Way neighbor known as the Large Magellanic Clouds (LMC). The above image was taken for scientific purposes by the Hubble Space Telescope and reprocessed for artistry by an amateur to win the Hubble's Hidden Treasures competition. Although the section imaged above is known as NGC 1763, the entire N11 emission nebula is second in LMC size only to 30 Doradus. Studying the stars in N11 has shown that it actually houses three successive generations of star formation. Compact globules of dark dust housing emerging young stars are also visible around the image.
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Re: APOD: N11: Star Clouds of the LMC (2013 Feb 11)
I am making up a reference list to help me, and up to now have found them via Google. But the only initials for LHA even slightly astronomically related is Local Hour Angle. Which doesn't seen likely.
Can anyone help clarify this for me?
Margarita
PS. The video is superb, by the way. Thank you for posting it, Neufer
Re: What does the LHA 120 stand for?
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:56 pm
by neufer
MargaritaMc wrote:
I am making up a reference list to help me, and up to now have found them via Google.
But the only initials for LHA even slightly astronomically related is Local Hour Angle. Which doesn't seen likely.
MargaritaMc wrote:
I am making up a reference list to help me, and up to now have found them via Google.
But the only initials for LHA even slightly astronomically related is Local Hour Angle. Which doesn't seen likely.
Astronomy Dummy wrote:I have a hard time imagining how big this is. If the earth was in the picture, would I be able to see it?
Mmmm. Like Neufer said - the short answer is "No"!
Re: APOD: N11: Star Clouds of the LMC (2013 Feb 11)
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:54 pm
by geckzilla
There could be any number of earths around any of those stars and we'd never know from simply looking at a single snapshot. So many planets, so hard to see...
Re: APOD: N11: Star Clouds of the LMC (2013 Feb 11)
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:57 pm
by Iamrocketjock
It looks like a Zombie Wile E. Coyote chasing a cosmic Roadrunner - from my point of view!
N11: Star Clouds of the LMC
