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Credit & Copyright: NASA,
ESA,
A. Aloisi (STScI /
ESA),
Hubble Heritage
(STScI /
AURA) -
ESA/Hubble Collaboration
Explanation:
Grand spiral galaxies
often seem to get all the glory.
Their newly formed, bright, blue
star clusters along beautiful, symmetric
spiral arms
are guaranteed to attract attention.
But small irregular galaxies form stars too, like
NGC
4449, located about 12 million light-years away.
In fact, this sharp
Hubble Space Telescope close-up of the
well-studied
galaxy clearly demonstrates that reddish star forming regions and
young blue star clusters
are widespread.
Less than 20,000 light-years across, the small island universe is
similar in size, and often
compared
to our Milky Way's satellite
galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud.
NGC 4449 is a member of a
group
of galaxies found in the constellation Canes Venatici.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: star formation - irregular galaxy
Publications with words: star formation - irregular galaxy
See also:
- NGC 1893 and the Tadpoles of IC 410
- Star Factory Messier 17
- APOD: 2023 August 28 Á Star Formation in the Pacman Nebula
- APOD: 2023 July 10 Á Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559
- NGC 1333: Stellar Nursery in Perseus
- APOD: 2023 March 21 Á Dark Nebulae and Star Formation in Taurus
- The Tadpole Nebula in Gas and Dust