Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Andromeda (And)
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Star Cloud within Andromeda Galaxy, NGC 206, Steven Bellavia
Star Cloud within Andromeda Galaxy, NGC 206
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Star Cloud within Andromeda Galaxy, NGC 206

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Star Cloud within Andromeda Galaxy, NGC 206, Steven Bellavia
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Star Cloud within Andromeda Galaxy, NGC 206

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NGC 206 is a bright star cloud in the Andromeda Galaxy. It is notable for being the brightest star cloud in Andromeda as viewed from Earth.

The bright, blue stars of NGC 206 indicate its youth. Its youngest massive stars are less than 10 million years old. Much larger than the open or galactic clusters of young stars in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy, NGC 206 spans about 4,000 light-years.

I call this an "exo-cluster".

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Star Cloud within Andromeda Galaxy, NGC 206, Steven Bellavia

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