Wolf-Rayet Star VFTS 682 in Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy | ESO
This view shows part of the very active star-forming region around the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbor of the Milky Way galaxy. At the exact center lies the brilliant, but isolated star, VFTS 682, and to its lower right the very rich star cluster R 136. The origins of VFTS 682 are unclear—was it ejected from R 136 or did it form on its own? The star appears yellow-red in this view that includes visible-light and infrared images from the Wide Field Imager at the 2.2-meter MPG/ESO Telescope at the La Silla Observatory and the 4.1-meter infrared VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory, because of the effects of dust.
Distance from Earth: 170,000 light years
Release Date: May 25, 2011
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