Neighboring Star-Nurseries Are Actually 11,000 Light Years Apart | Video
Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 06:30
in Astronomy & Space
Two massive star forming regions in the southern Milky Way appear to reside next to one another in ESO's La Silla Observatory image. Star cluster NGC 3603 is 20,000 light years away and gas cloud NGC 3576 is 9,000 light years away.