N11B in the Large Magellanic Cloud Wall Art including Frame Frame Colors:White also known as Messier 66

also known as Messier 66

This colour image of the region known as NGC 2264 — an area of sky that includes the sparkling blue baubles of the Christmas Tree star cluster and the Cone Nebula — was created from data taken through four different filters (B

with its dark basaltic mare

The next rounded hills are the Sulfate Unit

There are many examples of this phenomenon on Earth and in space

N11B in the Large Magellanic Cloud Wall Art including Frame Frame Colors:White also known as Messier 66This is a ground based view of the N11B in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The image spans a square of one degree and was constructed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 taken through infrared and red filters (shown as blue and red respectively). Credit: NASA ESA and Digitized Sky Survey 2