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. 2024 November 28 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. NGC 206 and the Star Clouds of Andromeda Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Roberto Marinoni Explanation: The large stellar association cataloged as [5]NGC 206 is nestled within the dusty arms of the neighboring [6]Andromeda galaxy along with the galaxy's pinkish star-forming regions. Also known as M31, [7]the spiral galaxy is a mere 2.5 million light-years away. NGC 206 is found at the center of [8]this sharp and detailed close-up of the southwestern [9]extent of Andromeda's disk. The bright, blue [10]stars of NGC 206 indicate its youth. In fact, its youngest massive stars are less than 10 million years old. Much larger than the open or galactic clusters of young stars [11]in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy, [12]NGC 206 spans about 4,000 light-years. That's comparable in size to the giant stellar nurseries [13]NGC 604 in nearby spiral M33 and the [14]Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Tomorrow's picture: star cluster of the Milky Way __________________________________________________________________ [15]< | [16]Archive | [17]Submissions | [18]Index | [19]Search | [20]Calendar | [21]RSS | [22]Education | [23]About APOD | [24]Discuss | [25]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [26]Robert Nemiroff ([27]MTU) & [28]Jerry Bonnell ([29]UMCP) NASA Official: Amber Straughn [30]Specific rights apply. [31]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [32]ASD at [33]NASA / [34]GSFC, [35]NASA Science Activation & [36]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2411/NGC206_APOD.jpg 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.astrobin.com/users/Bluesky71/ 5. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap990402.html 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220119.html 7. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/milky-way-collide.html 8. https://www.astrobin.com/s57ghl/ 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200925.html 10. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010MNRAS.405.1531E/abstract 11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120912.html 12. http://messier.seds.org/more/m031_n206.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240425.html 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240308.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241127.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 19. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 24. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=241128 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241129.html 26. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 27. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 28. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 29. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 31. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 32. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 33. https://www.nasa.gov/ 34. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 35. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 36. http://www.mtu.edu/