
A small galaxy, called Sextans A, is shown here in a multi-wavelength mosaic captured by the ESA Herschel mission. In this image, the purple shows gas; blue shows young stars and the orange and yellow dots are newly formed stars heating up dust.
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PIA18846
Date Created
October 15, 2014
Center
JPL
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