Wide-field view of NGC 2014 and NGC 2020 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

This wide-field view captures an odd couple in the constellation of Dorado (The Swordfish): NGC 2014 and NGC 2020. These two glowing clouds of gas, in the centre of the frame, are located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of the Milky Way��s satellite galaxies. Both are sculpted by powerful winds from hot young stars.

This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Credit:

ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

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About the Image

Id:	eso1335c
Type:	Observation
Release date:	7 August 2013, 12:00
Related releases:	eso1335
Size:	7263 x 5546 px

About the Object

Name:	Henize 55, Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC, NGC 2014, NGC 2020
Type:	• Local Universe : Nebula
Distance:	160000 light years
Constellation:	Dorado
Category:	• Nebulae