File:Spatial Distribution of NGC 346 Stars (2022-025).jpg

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The massive star cluster NGC 346, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, has long intrigued astronomers with its unusual shape.

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English: The massive star cluster NGC 346, located in the Small Magellanic Cloud, has long intrigued astronomers with its unusual shape. Now researchers using two separate methods have determined that this shape is partly due to stars and gas spiraling into the center of this cluster in a river-like motion. The red spiral superimposed on NGC 346 traces the movement of stars and gas toward the center. Scientists say this spiraling motion is the most efficient way to feed star formation from the outside toward the center of the cluster.
Date 8 September 2022 (upload date)
Source Spatial Distribution of NGC 346 Stars
Author ILLUSTRATION: NASA, ESA, Andi James (STScI)

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