                   APOD: 2018 March 24 - NGC 602 and Beyond

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                                2018 March 24
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                              NGC 602 and Beyond
    Image Credit: X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Univ.Potsdam/L.Oskinova et al;
       Optical: Hubble: NASA/STScI; Infrared: Spitzer: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Explanation: Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud [3] , a
satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year
young [4]  star cluster NGC 602 [5] . Surrounded by natal gas and dust, NGC
602 [6]  is featured in this stunning Hubble image [7]  of the region,
augmented by images in the X-ray by Chandra [8] , and in the infrared by
Spitzer [9] . Fantastic [10]  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
[11]  moving away from the cluster's center. At the estimated distance of the
Small Magellanic Cloud, the Picture [12]  spans about 200 light-years, but a
tantalizing [13]  assortment of background galaxies are also visible in this
sharp multi-colored view [14] . The background galaxies [15]  are hundreds of
millions of light-years or more beyond NGC 602.

                    Tomorrow's picture: squashing Mars [16]

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