M82
noirlab_noao-m82final February 20th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Steve Peterson/ Katy Garmany
M82 is one of the most irregular galaxies in our galactic neighborhood. Due to a recent interaction with M81, this galaxy has tremendous amounts of star formation taking place. The image shows reddened outflows of material that extend hundreds and thousands of light years away from core of the galaxy. Curiously, this galaxy is exceedingly bright in the visible wavelengths of light- but even brighter in emissions at the radio wavelengths! Please visit this wide-field image of M82 and M81. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m82final/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m82final
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M82
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Steve Peterson/ Katy Garmany
- Release Date
- 2014-02-20T13:56:47
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m82final/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope, WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- S2KB, S2KB, S2KB, S2KB, S2KB
- Color Assignment
- Red, Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 148.749729098, 69.6467494378
- Reference Dimension
- 1905.0, 1864.0
- Reference Pixel
- 471.799514771, 1100.37879944
- Scale
- -0.000165468607858, 0.000165423654042
- Rotation
- -179.01620248102
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-m82final
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m82final.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:39:33-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
