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2024 April 25 - NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
In today's image, we see a large star forming region in the galaxy M33: The Triangulum Galaxy. This is one of the spiral galaxies in our own Local Group of galaxies. The star forming region is one of the larger known in the Local Group, the largest being he Tarantula Nebula within the Large Magellanic Cloud.My podcasts are available in video form through this YouTube Channel.This Podcast is an authorized New Media Mirror Site for APOD. You can access the image and website directly at: Astronomy Picture of the Day. You can use the archive link below the image to select the photo corresponding…
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