Wide-field image showing the region of M81 and M82 (ground-based image)
The spiral galaxy M81 and the neighbor galaxy M82 as seen in ground-based images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The image is a colour composite from DSS2 images. The field of view is 2.8 degrees.
Credit:
ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0710k |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 28 May 2007, 21:30 |
| Related releases: | heic0710 |
| Size: | 10102 x 13123 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Galaxies |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
