Gaseous galaxy


	1. Grease monkeys in space 2. Some instamatic camera! 3. Image gallery 4. Quirky quasars 5. Spectacular spectrum 6. This star done gone 7. What's making these gamma rays? 8. Wheel of stars 9. Gaseous galaxy 10. Really northern lights 11. Ships do it 12. Demolition derby			Star formation Say hi to a neighbor! This hairy beast is the nearby spiral galaxy, NGC 253, seen almost on edge. You're looking at clumpy clouds of gas, and bright, young star clusters recently formed in the center. This galaxy was discovered by Caroline Herschel in 1783 while searching for comets.


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