30 Doradus may look like a cosmic tarantula to some, but it’s actually the largest and brightest region of star formation in the local group of galaxies. This Hubble image shows a sparkling circular, wreath-like area of red, orange, beige, brown, and green clouds with many wisps and filaments.
In the center of this cosmic structure is a dark cavity filled with hundreds of sparkling, blue stars. What you’ll notice is that the stars are not evenly distributed, as more exist on the right half of the image. There are also some blue stars that also appear on top of the surrounding, wispy clouds.
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The chemical composition of 30 Doradus is different from most of the nebulas found in the Milky Way. Instead it represents the conditions in our galaxy that existed several billion years ago when stars were forming at a much faster pace than astronomers see today,” said NASA.
