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#PhotoOfTheDay: #Chandra and Webb Spy a Cosmic Wreath
#NGC 602 is a star cluster that lies on the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, one of the closest galaxies to the Milky Way.
This image combines X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
NGC 602 is a hotbed of star formation. It contains many young, massive stars that are still actively forming. These stars emit intense radiation that is shaping the surrounding nebula.
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is a dwarf irregular galaxy located about 200,000 light-years away from our Milky Way galaxy.
It's one of our Milky Way's closest neighbors and is visible to the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere.
