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This amazing image by Hubble shows NGC 3603, a giant star-forming region located in the Carina spiral arm of the #MilkyWay, some 20,000 ly away from the Solar System.
It contains one of the most massive young star clusters in our galaxy.
Source and more➡️ https://esahubble.org/news/heic0715/
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This amazing image by Hubble shows NGC 3603, a giant star-forming region located in the Carina spiral arm of the #MilkyWay, some 20,000 ly away from the Solar System.
It contains one of the most massive young star clusters in our galaxy.
Source and more➡️ https://esahubble.org/news/heic0715/
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Researchers have a good template for star formation investigations, having discovered that the distribution of different types of stars, at the centre of this massive cluster, is similar to that of other young clusters in the Milky Way.