Caption: NGC 346 is a star cluster in a nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, about 200,000 light-years from Earth. (X-ray: purple and blue; infrared/optical: red, green, blue)
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Caption: NGC 1672 is a spiral galaxy, but one that astronomers categorize as a "barred" spiral. (X-ray: purple; optical: red, green, blue; infrared: red, green, blue)
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Caption: Messier 16, also known as the Eagle Nebula, is a famous region of the sky often referred to as the "Pillars of Creation." (X-ray: red, blue; infrared: red, green, blue)
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Caption: Messier 74 is also a spiral galaxy — like our Milky Way, about 32 million light-years away. (X-ray: purple; optical: orange, cyan, blue, infrared: green, yellow, red, magenta)
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