Location of the Messier 82 details
This image shows the location of the three close-up pictures in the Details in Messier 82 image.
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About the Image
| Id: | heic0604c |
| Release date: | 24 April 2006, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0604 |
| Size: | 2337 x 3000 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 |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical H-alpha |
658 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
