This star-forming region, catalogued as N11B, lies in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), located only 160,000 light-years from Earth. The surrounding area, called N11, is the second largest star-forming region in the LMC.

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NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) and HEIC;
Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Y. Nazé (U. Liège, Belgium)