Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, NGC 2014 is the large red nebula in this frame with NGC 2020 shining blue shaped by a huge Wolf Rayet star that has ejected its outer layers. The Wolf Rayet star that lights NGC 2020 shines 200,000 times brighter than our sun. NGC 2014 contains a group of large bright stars which are 10 to 20 times larger than our sun. The ultraviolet radiation from these stars has heated the surrounding gas causing the formation of bubble like structures.
The area continues to have active star formation.
Imaged in HOO narrowband and RGB for star color on our Planewave CDK 700 at Observatorio El Sauce, Chile.
Image processing: Mike Selby and Mark Hanson.