Friday, September 3, 2010

Triangulum galaxy a city of stars

 Picture of young stars in the Triangulum galaxy.In a new picture, hundreds of young, bright stars heat up the gases of the Triangulum galaxy, creating a distinctive red glow.

The image is being billed as the sharpest shot yet of the star-forming region known as NGC 604. Released August 30, the view combines data from a wide range of wavelengths, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

The star "metropolis" is Triangulum's largest star nursery, stretching about 1,500 light-years across. Blistering radiation from the infant stars not only lights up the neighborhood but also carves out bubbles in the surrounding hydrogen gas, giving NGC 604 its complex structure.

Published September 2, 2010

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1 comment:

Sepp said...

Good picture!

The "triangulum" it seems could also be interpreted as a helix...