sci-universe:This is NGC 602, a bright open cluster of stars located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (
sci-universe:This is NGC 602, a bright open cluster of stars located in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way.It’s as complex as it looks: those glowing ridges suggest there’s also a progression of star formation moving away from the cluster’s center. Those more extended wings of emission in the region are the reason the whole thing is called The Flying Lizard Nebula.image by Don Goldman -- source link