Grand spiral galaxies [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] often seem to get all the glory. Their newly formed, bright, blue star clusters along beautiful, symmetric spiral arms [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are guaranteed to attract attention. But small irregular galaxies form stars too, like NGC 4449 [
http://www.seds.org…], located about 12 million light-years away. In fact, this sharp Hubble [
http://heritage.sts…] Space Telescope close-up of the well-studied [
http://arxiv.org/ab…] galaxy clearly demonstrates that reddish star forming regions and young blue star clusters are widespread [
http://hubblesite.o…image/a/format/zoom/ ]. Less than 20,000 light-years across, the small island universe is similar in size, and often compared [
http://heritage.sts…] to our Milky Way's satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. NGC 4449 is a member of a group of galaxies [
http://www.atlasoft…] found in the constellation Canes Venatici.
Explanation
Grand spiral galaxies [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] often seem to get all the glory. Their newly formed, bright, blue star clusters along beautiful, symmetric spiral arms [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are guaranteed to attract attention. But small irregular galaxies form stars too, like NGC 4449 [
http://www.seds.org…], located about 12 million light-years away. In fact, this sharp Hubble [
http://heritage.sts…] Space Telescope close-up of the well-studied [
http://arxiv.org/ab…] galaxy clearly demonstrates that reddish star forming regions and young blue star clusters are widespread [
http://hubblesite.o…image/a/format/zoom/ ]. Less than 20,000 light-years across, the small island universe is similar in size, and often compared [
http://heritage.sts…] to our Milky Way's satellite galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud [
http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. NGC 4449 is a member of a group of galaxies [
http://www.atlasoft…] found in the constellation Canes Venatici.
Explanation
