Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2004  ·  NGC 2011  ·  NGC 2014  ·  NGC 2020  ·  NGC 2021  ·  NGC 2030  ·  NGC 2032  ·  NGC 2035  ·  NGC 2040
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Cosmic Reef NGC 2020 NGC 2014, Daniel Stern
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Cosmic Reef NGC 2020 NGC 2014

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Cosmic Reef NGC 2020 NGC 2014

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There is a lot going on in this FOV . There are 9 NGC objects. The giant red nebula (NGC 2014) and its smaller blue neighbor (NGC 2020) are part of a vast star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud.  The bubble-like structure of NGC 2014 was formed by the grouping of stars on the lower left of the object.  These are large stars, each 10 to 20 times bigger than our Sun.  The ultraviolet radiation from these stars heated the surrounding dense gas and unleashed fierce winds of charged particles that blasted away lower-density gas, forming the bubble-like structures.In contrast, the adjacent blue nebula was shaped by a Wolf-Rayet star that ejected it’s outer layers forming its donut-like cavity.

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Cosmic Reef NGC 2020 NGC 2014, Daniel Stern