A new camera installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during a servicing mission last May was able to capture the most detailed images as of yet of a star being born.

The star birth was located in one of the swirling arms of the M83 galaxy, also known as “The Southern Pinwheel“. M83 is believed to be the home of more star births than our very own Milky Way galaxy.

The image, which was captured by the “sharp eye” of the Hubble’s new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), also shows unprecedented detail of approximately 60 supernova remains. Supernovae occur during star death.

M83, which is often compared to the Whirlpool Galaxy M51, is located approximately 15 million light-years away from Earth, in the Hydra constellation.

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