Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of M82 and M81 (ground-based image)
The spiral galaxy M81 and the neighbour galaxy M82 are forming a physical pair. A few tens of million years ago, the smaller M82 collided with M81. This gravitational interaction deformed M82 and caused its concentrated burst of star formation.
Credit:ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble
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About the Image
| Id: | heic0604h |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 24 April 2006, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0604 |
| Size: | 10102 x 13123 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst |
| Distance: | 13 million light years |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 9 55 7.34 |
| Position (Dec): | 69° 43' 24.77" |
| Field of view: | 169.87 x 220.68 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 4.2° right of vertical |
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