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                            Young Star Cluster NGC 346   
        Science - NASA, ESA, CSA, Olivia C. Jones (UK ATC), Guido De Marchi   
                         (ESTEC), Margaret Meixner (USRA)   
        Processing - Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Nolan Habel (USRA), Laura Lenki-ç   
                       (USRA), Laurie E. U. Chu (NASA Ames)   
      
      Explanation: The most massive young star cluster in the Small   
      Magellanic Cloud is NGC 346, embedded in our small satellite galaxy's   
      largest star forming region some 210,000 light-years distant. Of course   
      the massive stars of NGC 346 are short lived, but very energetic. Their   
      winds and radiation sculpt the edges of the region's dusty molecular   
      cloud triggering star-formation within. The star forming region also   
      appears to contain a large population of infant stars. A mere 3 to 5   
      million years old and not yet burning hydrogen in their cores, the   
      infant stars are strewn about the embedded star cluster. This   
      spectacular infrared view of NGC 346 is from the James Webb Space   
      Telescope's NIRcam. Emission from atomic hydrogen ionized by the   
      massive stars' energetic radiation as well as molecular hydrogen and   
      dust in the star-forming molecular cloud is detailed in pink and orange   
      hues. Webb's sharp image of the young star-forming region spans 240   
      light-years at the distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud.   
      
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