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Online Astronomy eText: Stars and Stellar Systems
Stellar Birthplaces
(also see Emission Nebulae, Absorption Nebulae, The Messier Catalog: Nebulae)

Above, the Rosette Nebula. Below, portions of the nebula are shown in two detail images.
Click on any of the images for a much larger view of the whole nebula.
(MegaPrime Camera, Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, apod030429)





The region near the Cone Nebula (at the bottom).
(T. A. Rector (NRAO), NOAO, AURA, NSF, apod030512)


The Keyhole Nebula in Carina.
(Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), N. Walborn (STScI) & R. Barba' (La Plata Obs.), NASA, apod030630)
Below, closeup of the Keyhole Nebula



The Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635).
(Brad Ehrhorn & Adam Block, NOAO, AURA, NSF, apod030617)
Below, closeup of the "Bubble"
(Donald Walter (SCSU) et al., WFPC2, HST, NASA, apod000118)



30 Doradus, in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Visible-light image, with infrared insets.
(J. Trauger (JPL), J. Westphal (Caltech), N. Walborn (STScI), R. Barba' (La Plata Obs.), NASA, apod030622)


Open cluster Hodge 301, in the Tarantula Nebula (in the Large Magellanic Cloud).
(Hubble Heritage Team (AURA / STScI/ NASA) , apod030503)


The Tarantula Nebula, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
(M. Schirmer, T. Erben, M. Lombardi (IAEF Bonn), European Southern Observatory, apod020613)
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