Details in Messier 82
Close-up of some of the most interesting parts of the Hubble Space Telescope image of the active galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Left: A portion of M82's bluish disk, largely composed of hot young stars. Numerous bright blue-white star-forming clumps and wisps of darker, cooler dust and gas appear superimposed on the disk. Centre: The central "inner-city" portion of the galaxy shows the combined light of countless stars and reveals numerous star-forming clumps, dark red clouds of gas and dust obscuring the light from the galaxy's core, and an overall field of fainter red (cooler) and blue (hotter) stars.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | heic0604b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 24 April 2006, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0604 |
Size: | 1960 x 1374 px |
About the Object
Name: | Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst |
Distance: | 13 million light years |
Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical V | 555 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical H-alpha | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Infrared Near-IR | 8.0 μm | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |