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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                                   2025 March 6   
      
                            Starburst Galaxy Messier 94   
                         Image Credit: ESA/Hubble and NASA   
      
      Explanation: Beautiful island universe Messier 94 lies a mere 15   
      million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the   
      hunting dogs, Canes Venatici. A popular target for earth-based   
      astronomers, the face-on spiral galaxy is about 30,000 light-years   
      across, with spiral arms sweeping through the outskirts of its broad   
      disk. But this Hubble Space Telescope field of view spans about 7,000   
      light-years or so across M94's central region. The sharp close-up   
      examines the galaxy's compact, bright nucleus and prominent inner dust   
      lanes, surrounded by a remarkable bluish ring of young, massive stars.   
      The massive stars in the ring appear to be less than about 10 million   
      years old, indicating the galaxy experienced a corresponding   
      well-defined era of rapid star formation. As a result, while the small,   
      bright nucleus is typical of the Seyfert class of active galaxies, M94   
      is also known as a starburst galaxy. Because M94 is relatively nearby,   
      astronomers can explore in detail reasons for the galaxy's burst of   
      star formation.   
      
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