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                               2020 January 11
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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 [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.

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References

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   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/
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