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**Astronomy Picture of the Day**
25 April 2024
**NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery**
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Located some 3 million light-years away in the arms of nearby spiral galaxy M33, giant stellar nursery NGC 604 is about 1,300 light-years across. That's nearly 100 times the size of the Milky Way's 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 the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Cavernous bubbles and cavities in NGC 604 fill this stunning infrared image from the 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 stages of their lives.
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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240425.htmlPublished at
2024-04-25 06:06:53Event JSON
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"content": "**Astronomy Picture of the Day**\n\n25 April 2024\n\n**NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery**\n\nhttps://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2404/stsci-xNGC604NIRcam2048.png\n\n*Image creditor details unavailable via API. Visit linked page below for full info.*\n\nLocated some 3 million light-years away in the arms of nearby spiral galaxy M33, giant stellar nursery NGC 604 is about 1,300 light-years across. That's nearly 100 times the size of the Milky Way's 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 the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Cavernous bubbles and cavities in NGC 604 fill this stunning infrared image from the 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 stages of their lives.\n\n#APOD #Astroenthusiast #SpaceMissions #Planets #Astrotheory\n\nhttps://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240425.html\n",
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