Ground-based image of the region surrounding NGC 2074 in the Large Magellanic Cloud. These optical emission-line images were taken on the Curtis Schmidt telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory as part of the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey. The composite image shows emission from oxygen (blue), hydrogen (green), and sulfur (red). The image is 38 arcminutes square.
Object Names: Large Magellanic Cloud, LMC
Image Type: Astronomical/Illustration
Science Credit: UM/CTIO MCELS Project/NOAO/AURA/NSF
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