2020 December 01 - NGC 346: Star Forming Cluster in the SMC
Channel: APOD Podcast
Date: 01/12/2020

In today's image, we see NGC 346 - a star forming region located in the Small Magellanic Cloud - a small satellite galaxy of our own Milky Way. This small, irregular galaxy is likely how galaxies started out after the Big Bang before eventually merging into the larger galaxies we see today. 

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