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                                   2024 April 25   
      
                          NGC 604: Giant Stellar Nursery   
                        Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI   
      
      Explanation: 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.   
      
                 Tomorrow's picture: Regulus and the Dwarf Galaxy   
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