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Description The nebula cataloged as NGC 604 is a giant star forming region, 1500 light years across, in the nearby spiral galaxy, M33. Over 200 newly formed, hot, massive, stars are scattered within a cavern-like, gaseous, interstellar cloud. The stars irradiate the gas with energetic ultraviolet light stripping electrons from atoms and exciting them — producing a characteristic nebular glow.
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The nebula, cataloged as NGC 604, is a giant star-forming region 1,500 light-years across in the nearby spiral galaxy M33. More than 200 massive stars irradiate the gas with ultraviolet light, creating a characteristic glow.

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current10:46, 3 March 2010Thumbnail for version as of 10:46, 3 March 2010850 × 600 (90 KB)TryphonHigher resolution, from http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/opo9627a.html (http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/original/opo9627a.jpg).
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