Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. A tantalizing assortment of island universes is assembled here. Most are spiral galaxies more or less like our own Milky Way . The color images reveal distinct pink patches marking the glowing hydrogen gas clouds in star forming regions along the graceful spiral arms. Similar to the Large Magellanic Cloud , companion galaxy to the Milky Way, NGC 4449 also sports young blue star clusters and pink star forming regions.
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