Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Dorado (Dor)  ·  Contains:  NGC 2004  ·  NGC 2006  ·  NGC 2011  ·  NGC 2014  ·  NGC 2020  ·  NGC 2021  ·  NGC 2030  ·  NGC 2032  ·  NGC 2035  ·  NGC 2040  ·  NGC 2041  ·  NGC 2053
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The Cosmic Reef in SHO, Bogdan Borz
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The Cosmic Reef in SHO

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The Cosmic Reef in SHO, Bogdan Borz
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The Cosmic Reef in SHO

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NGC 2020 and NGC 2014 are located in Dorado, the Large Magellanic Cloud. Both nebulae are shaped by powerful stellar winds. NGC 2020 is the blue circular nebula and the neighbour, displaying warm colors is NGC 2014 in the upper left part of the picture. They are of course only visible from the Southern Hemisphere. Together they are named the "Cosmic Reef".

HD 269748 is a Wolf-Rayet star (Brey )48, located in the center of the NGC 2020 nebula, explaining the the shape of the nebula and the ionized Oxygen that gives its color.

The acquistions were made at Chilescope and the composition is in the Hubble palette.

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