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N44 superbubble

N44 superbubble

The N44 superbubble is a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud. N44 spans some 325 light-years and was probably formed when one or more massive stars in the central cluster exploded as supernovae, sweeping away the nearby gas. The image shown here was taken on 9 November 2005, by the Gemini South Telescope in Chile.