Details in Messier 82
Close-up of some of the most interesting parts of the Hubble Space Telescope image of the active galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Left: A portion of M82's bluish disk, largely composed of hot young stars. Numerous bright blue-white star-forming clumps and wisps of darker, cooler dust and gas appear superimposed on the disk. Centre: The central "inner-city" portion of the galaxy shows the combined light of countless stars and reveals numerous star-forming clumps, dark red clouds of gas and dust obscuring the light from the galaxy's core, and an overall field of fainter red (cooler) and blue (hotter) stars.
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About the Image
| Id: | heic0604b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 24 April 2006, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0604 |
| Size: | 1374 x 1960 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst |
| Distance: | 13 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical H-alpha |
658 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared Near-IR |
8.0 μm | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |
