Nebula NGC 604 in Far Away Galaxy M33 | Hubble

Nebula NGC 604 in Far Away Galaxy M33 | Hubble

This is a Hubble Space Telescope image (right) of a vast nebula called NGC 604, which lies in the neighboring spiral galaxy Messier 33, located 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum. It was discovered by German-born British astronomer and composer William Herschel on September 11, 1784.

Distance: ~3 million light years

Credit: Hui Yang (University of Illinois) and NASA/European Space Agency (ESA)

Release Date: August 7, 1996

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