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: | heic0801f |
| 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 • Star Clusters Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 12 million light years |
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 |
