In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known. These stars and part of the surrounding nebula are captured here inthis gorgeous visible-light Hubble Space Telescope image.Gas and dust clouds in 30 Doradus, also known as th Tarantula Nebula,have been sculpted into elongated shapes bypowerful winds and ultraviolet radiation from thes hot cluster stars.Insets in the picture represent corresponding views from th Hubble's infrared camerawhere each square measures 15.5 light-years across.Penetrating the obscuring dust, these infrared images themselvesoffer detailed pictures o star formation withinthe nebula's collapsing clouds, revealingthe presence of newborn massive stars.The 30 Doradus Nebula lies within a neighboring galaxy,the Large Magellanic Cloud,located a mere 170,000 light-years away.
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