Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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This video features two views of the young star cluster NGC 602, which resides near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy roughly 200 000 light-years from Earth.

The first image shows the cluster as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope that was published in 2017.

The image on the right shows a new image of NGC 602 as seen by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope.

Credit:
ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, P. Zeidler, E. Sabbi, A. Nota, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
Music: Stellardrone - The Night Sky in Motion

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