Gaseous Streamers Flutter in Stellar Breeze

May 09, 2002 12:00AM (EDT)Release ID: 2002-12
Gaseous Streamers Flutter in Stellar Breeze

Summary

N44C is the designation for a region of ionized hydrogen gas surrounding an association of young stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a nearby, small companion galaxy to the Milky Way visible from the Southern Hemisphere. N44C is part of the larger N44 complex, which includes young, hot, massive stars, nebulae, and a "superbubble" blown out by multiple supernova explosions.

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