NGC 253 NRAO (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

NGC 253 NRAO

Caption

This is an ALMA image of starbursting clouds inside NGC 253. The red region is the lower density CO gas surrounding higher density star-forming regions in yellow.

Credit

Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); A. Leroy

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