a large cluster of stars in the sky

N11, the Second-Largest Star Formation Region in the Large Magellanic Cloud Caption The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), located only 160,000 light-years from Earth, is the nearest galaxy outside the Milky Way in which stars are actively being formed. Credits NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI), and HEIC; Acknowledgment: Y.-H. Chu (U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Yäel Nazé (U. Liège, Belgium)