Colorful portrait reveals star-forming gas in the Triangulum Galaxy

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Colorful portrait reveals star-forming gas in the Triangulum Galaxy
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ESO’s Very Large Telescope captured a vibrant portrait of the Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33) with the MUSE instrument, separating light into blue (oxygen), green (hydrogen) and red (sulfur) to reveal interstellar gas clouds around young stars and highlight star-forming regions (H II regions) in the galaxy.

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