NGC 346 - SMC

Astrophotography
Written By Daniel Hall

NGC 346 (centre)

NGC 346 is a young, bright star cluster embedded within the N66 nebula, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. Situated approximately 200,000 to 210,000 light-years away in the constellation Tucana, it is the brightest star-forming region in the SMC.

Captured on Vespera II without a filter over 5 hours and edited in PixInsight

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