NGC 602 and Beyond
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deathdealer_666In album: Astronomy: Highest ResolutionIn Webshots channel: outdoors - Date uploaded: Jan 11, 2007
Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC 602 is featured in this stunning Hubble image of the region. Fantastic ridges and swept back shapes strongly suggest that energetic radiation and shock waves from NGC 602's massive young stars have eroded the dusty material and triggered a progression of star formation moving away from the cluster's center. At the estimated distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, the picture spans about 200 light-years, but a tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible in the sharp Hubble view. The background galaxies are hundreds of millions of light-years or more beyond NGC 602.
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9 comments
Amazing...
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Spiritualiving 7 months 5 days ago
The sheer scale of the cosmos is just mind boggling
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sparkywill 2008.09.21 at 11:58:39 PDT
very nice to chare this photo thank you
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esha2007 2007.04.28 at 08:41:00 PDT
He determines and counts all the numbers of the stars; He calls them all by name, Ps. 147:4
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isreal10 2007.04.27 at 06:39:10 PDT
heavenly
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erinrex 2007.04.21 at 18:52:49 PDT
ACTUALLY WORDS FAIL ME--THANK YOU FOREVER-----danube105
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danube105 2007.04.21 at 07:34:43 PDT
magnific
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danieles6 2007.04.21 at 05:18:16 PDT
superb
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theskywalker69_3 2007.04.21 at 01:31:10 PDT
beautiful
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vincenza136 2007.01.20 at 00:34:04 PST
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