Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Starburst Galaxy IC 10

NASA ^ | January 04, 2012 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: Lurking behind dust and stars near the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy, IC 10 is a mere 2.3 million light-years distant. Even though its light is dimmed by intervening dust, the irregular dwarf galaxy still shows off vigorous star-forming regions that shine with a telltale reddish glow in this colorful skyscape. In fact, also a member of the Local Group of galaxies, IC 10 is the closest known starburst galaxy. Compared to other Local Group galaxies, IC 10 has a large population of newly formed stars that are massive and intrinsically very bright, including a luminous X-ray binary star system thought to contain a black hole. Located within the boundaries of the northern constellation Cassiopeia, IC 10 is about 5,000 light-years across.

[SunkenCiv]

[Credit & Copyright: Dietmar Hager, Torsten Grossmann]

[SunkenCiv]

What about the Jolly Ranchers galaxy?

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[bigheadfred]

Thanks, Civ.

This may come as a surprise, but I have a bone to pick. A mere 5,000 light years wide and it still gets to be a galaxy while Pluto gets kicked to the curb.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

What about the Jolly Ranchers galaxy?

Lol.

[mikrofon]

also a member of the Local Group of galaxies, IC 10

"Check for the Union label..."

[Kryn-Man]

Very cool! Thank You for sharing these pictures. They put life in a completely different perspective.

[Kryn-Man]

Very cool! Thank You for sharing these pictures. They put life in a completely different perspective.

[Kryn-Man]

Very cool! Thank You for sharing these pictures. They put life in a completely different perspective.

[Kryn-Man]

Very cool! Thank You for sharing these pictures. They put life in a completely different perspective.

[Kryn-Man]

Very cool! Thank You for sharing these pictures. They put life in a completely different perspective.

[pabianice]

2012. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...

[Kryn-Man]

Sorry for the repetition. New I-Pad operator error.

[tutstar]

bump

[Tucker39]

Fabulous! Thank you.
Those who belong to Christ, who MADE it all, will spend ETERNITY with Him, developing it. The misguided souls frantically searching for other inhabited planets in hopes of finding something that might kick God out of the picture are chasing a mirage, and doomed to failure.

[SunkenCiv]

This is also not a religion forum topic, and I didn’t ping you here, so don’t bother pretending that I did by thanking me.

[SunkenCiv]

Don’t you mean i-i-i-i-i-Pad? ;’) No harm done, thanks for the kind remarks.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, what’s up with that? :’)

[SunkenCiv]

Only ten integrated circuits in the whole galaxy.

[SunkenCiv]

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tonight i'm gonna party like it's two thousand eleven

[diamond6]

Eeekk, its Parallax!