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title: "Astronomy Photo of the Day: 6/14/14 – N44"
description: "[caption id=\"attachment_24967\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"620\"] Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL, Optical: ESO/WFI/2.2-m[/caption] Our galaxy, the Milky Way, has several dwarf galaxies in orbit around it. Among them is the most famous dwarf galaxy; the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This incredible image focuses on one of the largest star forming regions contained within the LMC, called...."
date: "2014-06-14"
modified: "2014-06-14"
authors:
  - name: "Jaime Trosper"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jaimefqtq"
url: "https://futurism.com/apotd-n44"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# Astronomy Photo of the Day: 6/14/14 – N44

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/N44.jpg>)

![Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL, Optical: ESO/WFI/2.2-m ](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/N44-1024x817.jpg>)
*Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/U.Mich./S.Oey, IR: NASA/JPL, Optical: ESO/WFI/2.2-m*

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, has several dwarf galaxies in orbit around it. Among them is the most famous dwarf galaxy; the [Large Magellanic Cloud ](<https://futurism.com/eso-determines-the-distance-to-the-large-magellanic-cloud>)(LMC). This incredible image focuses on one of the largest star forming regions contained within the LMC, called. N44, (It can be found more than 160,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Dorado).

Contained within N44 is NGC 1929, an embedded cluster of stars. The stars there are massive, metal-poor stars that live fast, burn hot and die a lot sooner than less massive stars like our sun do. As a result, they emit large quantities of intense ultraviolet radiation, which help carve out huge cavities, or[ "super-bubbles](<http://scitechdaily.com/a-superbubble-in-ngc-1929/>)" in gaseous envelopes. (They are responsible for its beautiful appearance)

*This image is a composite, which means that various images of the area were taken at different wavelengths and stitched together, allowing us to see the features and activity more clearly. X-ray data taken by Chandra can be seen in blue (depicting the hot regions affected by stellar winds and shock-waves). Infrared data taken by Spitzer can be seen in red. Finally, optical data taken by the 2.2m Max-Planck-ESO telescope can be seen in yellow.*

*See a larger image [here](<http://scitechdaily.com/images/NGC-1929-a-star-cluster-embedded-in-the-N44-nebula.jpg>).*

## Author
Jaime is a freelance writer, who finds great joy in sharing the wonders of universe with others. She used this passion to launch "From Quarks to Quasars" in 2012.