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                                2024 April 25
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                       NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery
               Image Credit: [3]NASA, [4]ESA, [5]CSA, [6]STScI

   Explanation: Located some 3 million light-years away in the arms of
   nearby spiral [7]galaxy M33, giant stellar nursery [8]NGC 604 is about
   1,300 light-years across. That's nearly 100 times the size of the Milky
   Way's [9]Orion Nebula, the closest large star forming region to planet
   Earth. In fact, among the star forming regions within the Local Group
   of galaxies, NGC 604 is second in size only to 30 Doradus, also known
   as [10]the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Cavernous
   bubbles and cavities in NGC 604 fill this stunning infrared image from
   the [11]James Webb Space Telescope's NIRCam. They are carved out by
   energetic stellar winds from the region's more than 200 hot, massive,
   young stars, all still in early [12]stages of their lives.

              Tomorrow's picture: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy
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    Authors & editors: [24]Robert Nemiroff ([25]MTU) & [26]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([27]UMCP)
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References

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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2404/stsci-xNGC604NIRcam2048.png
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   8. http://www.seds.org/messier/more/m033_n604.html
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  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240308.html
  11. https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-110
  12. https://webbtelescope.org/webb-science/the-star-lifecycle
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