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To: LibWhacker

What are the individual globs of light scattered throughout the picture?


14 posted on 04/15/2019 12:20:24 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase
Those are nebula, most probably nova and supernova remnants, since iirc (someone correct me if I'm wrong!) the natural, native clouds of gas and dust in the Magellanic clouds dried up long ago; i.e., are no longer producing new stars. The Magellanic clouds are composed mostly of old stars; few new ones are being "born."
22 posted on 04/15/2019 1:32:35 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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