Excerpts from the ALCHEMI atlas of the center of NGC 253 (IMAGE)

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Excerpts from the ALCHEMI atlas of the center of NGC 253

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The different colors represent the distribution of molecular gas (blue), shocked regions (red), relatively high-density regions (orange), young starbursts (yellow), developed starbursts (magenta), and molecular gas affected by cosmic-ray ionization (cyan).

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ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), N. Harada et al.

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