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Star-forming region nebula NGC 346
26 JAN. 2005 publication date 2756 Views

This Hubble image, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys, identifies three stellar populations in the SMC region of NGC 346 – a total of 70 000 stars. The oldest population is 4500 million years, roughly the age of our Sun.

This image was composed from two individual exposures taken through a V filter (555 nm, shown in blue) and a near-infrared filter (814 nm, shown in red).

Credits

NASA, ESA and A. Nota (STScI/ESA)

License

ESA Standard Licence

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