2021 January 28 - Messier 66 Close Up
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 28/01/2021

In today's image, we see the spiral galaxy known as Messier 66. We can see the yellower central region as well as the blue/red outer regions. The outer regions show signs of recent star formation in the young blue stars and red hydrogen emission that are visible. 

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