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Anthony Wood

Astrophotographer spies a spiral galaxy bursting with starbirth (photo)

The Triangulum Galaxy shines in a new portrait from astrophotographer Ronald Brecher (Image credit: Ronald Brecher)

Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a magnificent view of the Triangulum spiral galaxy bursting with the light of newly formed stars some three million light-years from Earth.

Brecher's image reveals spectacular detail in the spiral arms of the 14,000-light-year wide galaxy, where dense dust lanes can be seen darkening the sea of stars and interstellar dust and gas that makes up the body of the cosmic leviathan.

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