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Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of M82 and M81

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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Id:	heic0604h
Object:	Messier 82 ,M 82, Cigar Galaxy
Type:	Galaxy
Instru-ment:	Ground-based
Width:	13123
Height:	10102

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Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of M82 and M81

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