Close-up on "blue blobs"
A Hubble Space Telescope visible light close-up of bright blue star clusters in Arp's Loop in the M81-M82 galaxy group.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and D. de Mello (Catholic University of America/GSFC)
About the Image
Id: | heic0801e |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 8 January 2008, 20:00 |
Related releases: | heic0801 |
Size: | 690 x 690 px |
About the Object
Name: | Holmberg IX, M81, M82 |
Type: | Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster |
Distance: | 12 million light years |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Category: | Star Clusters |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 9 57 30.09 |
Position (Dec): | 69° 15' 59.67" |
Field of view: | 0.29 x 0.29 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 31.2° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS | |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |