APOD #5 on Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) galaxy is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way galaxy. The image is comprised of 300,000 individual pointings to create the sharpest LMC image ever. It shows gas encompassing the numerous young stars (red-tinted bright clouds), mid-life stars (green-tinted clouds), and the old stars (small red dots). The empty spaces are formed by energetic outflows of massive former stars. The faint blue glow is the combined light from the central stars. The LMC is 70,000 light years, and lites 160,000 away.