NGC 604 in Galaxy M33 (ground-based image)
This is a site where new stars are being born in a spiral arm of the galaxy. Though such nebulae are common in galaxies, this one is particularly large, nearly 1, 500 light-years across.
The nebula is so vast it is easily seen in ground-based telescopic images.
Credit:
Palomar Observatory, Caltech and the STScI Digitized Sky Survey (AURA)
About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9627b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 August 1996, 06:00 |
| Size: | 2119 x 2119 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 33, Messier 33 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Nebulae Images/Videos • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 3 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | DSS |
