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A Twisted Star-Forming Web in the Galaxy IC 342
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Looking like a spider web swirled into a spiral, galaxy IC 342 presents its delicate pattern of dust in this infrared light image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. The very center glows especially brightly in the infrared.
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Credit lineA Twisted Star-Forming Web in the Galaxy IC 342. NASA/JPL, 2011-07-20. Public domain. ID: PIA14402.