Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 January 11 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. 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 [3]Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year [4]young star cluster [5]NGC 602. Surrounded by natal gas and dust, [6]NGC 602 is featured in this [7]stunning Hubble image of the region, augmented by images in the X-ray by [8]Chandra, and in the infrared by [9]Spitzer. [10]Fantastic 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 [11]progression of star formation moving away from the cluster's center. At the estimated distance of the Small Magellanic Cloud, [12]the Picture spans about 200 light-years, but a [13]tantalizing assortment of background galaxies are also visible in [14]this sharp multi-colored view. The [15]background galaxies are hundreds of millions of light-years or more beyond NGC 602. Tomorrow's picture: blue corona __________________________________________________________________ [16]< | [17]Archive | [18]Submissions | [19]Index | [20]Search | [21]Calendar | [22]RSS | [23]Education | [24]About APOD | [25]Discuss | [26]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [27]Robert Nemiroff ([28]MTU) & [29]Jerry Bonnell ([30]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [31]Specific rights apply. [32]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [33]ASD at [34]NASA / [35]GSFC & [36]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2001/ngc602_ChandraHubbleSpitzer_3600.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100903.html 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_evolution 5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpQgKX1fGxQ 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_602 7. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/04/ 8. http://chandra.harvard.edu/index.html 9. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/main/index.html 10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061227.html 11. http://heritage.stsci.edu/2007/04/supplemental.html 12. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc602/ 13. http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/04/image/a/format/zoom 14. http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2013/ngc602/ 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140605.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200110.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 20. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 25. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200111 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200112.html 27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 29. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 30. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 31. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 32. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 33. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 36. http://www.mtu.edu/