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Galaxy in Different Lights
The galaxy Messier 82 (M82) is seen here in two different lights. A visible-light view from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is at left, and an X-ray view from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is at right. The comparison highlights how different the universe can look when viewed in other wavelengths...
M81
Galaxies M81 & M82
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the KPNO 0.9m-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. M81 (the spiral galaxy on the left) and M82 (the galaxy on the right) are two relatively nearby galaxies that are gravitationally interacting with each...
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Starburst Galaxy M82
This image is a color-coded picture of the archetypal starburst galaxy M82. It shows the horizontal stellar disk of the galaxy, which harbors its active star formation, and a perpendicular supergalactic wind of ionized gas powered by the energy released in the starburst. To make this image,...
NGC 4051
NGC 4051
NGC 4051 is a very well-studied galaxy. The astronomical literature catalogues this object with no less than 32 names! The names come from the many observations ranging from infrared to X-ray wavelengths of light. This galaxy is classified as a Seyfert type which means its nuclear region...
M81
M81 and M82
M81 and M82 can be found near the Big Dipper. They are around 12 million light years away. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
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M82
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...
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ground- and space-based HST/WIYN composite image of M82
A ground- and space-based HST/WIYN composite image of M82 and its optically bright superwind. This has been colour-coded to show its supergalactic wind running left-right (north-south) and a nearly vertical disk of stars. Broad blue, green and red filters were used to render the relatively...
M82
M82, NGC 3034
M82, an irregular galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. This composite color image was created from CCD observations made at the Kitt Peak National Observatory's 0.9-meter telescope in late December 1994.
NGC 3842
NGC 3842
This collection of galaxies is part of a much larger cluster of galaxies (Abell 1367). From bottom left to top right the diagonal of galaxies includes NGC 3837, NGC 3842 (the large elliptical), NGC 3841, NGC 3845, NGC 3844, and NGC 3840 (the spiral at the very top right). All of these galaxies...
M82 X-2
Ultra-luminous X-ray Source with Magnetic Fields
In this illustration of an ultra-luminous X-ray source, two rivers of hot gas are pulled onto the surface of a neutron star. Strong magnetic fields, shown in green, may change the interaction of matter and light near neutron stars’ surface, increasing how bright they can become.
M82 X-2
Ultra-luminous X-ray Source
In this illustration of an ultra-luminous X-ray source, two rivers of hot gas are pulled onto the surface of a neutron star. Strong magnetic fields, may change the interaction of matter and light near neutron stars’ surface, increasing how bright they can become.
M82
M82 Hubble and Webb
Starburst galaxy M82 was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2006, which showed the galaxy’s edge-on spiral disk, shredded clouds, and hot hydrogen gas. The James Webb Space Telescope has observed M82’s core, capturing in unprecedented detail the structure of the galactic wind and...
M82
Webb NIRCam – Shorter Wavelengths
A team of astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), which is located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M82 hosts a frenzy of star formation, sprouting new stars 10 times faster than the Milky Way galaxy. Webb’s...
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Webb NIRCam – Longer Wavelength
Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to look toward M82’s center, where a galactic wind is being launched as a result of rapid star formation and subsequent supernovas. Studying the galactic wind can offer insight in how the loss of gas shapes the future growth of the galaxy. This...
Cigar Galaxy
The magnificent starburst galaxy Messier 82
This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M82. It is a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions where young stars are being...
SN2014J
Light from Supernova Bouncing Off Giant Dust Cloud
Hubble Spots Expanding Light Echo around Supernova
SN2014J
Light from Supernova Bouncing Off Giant Dust Cloud
Hubble Spots Expanding Light Echo around Supernova
ACS
M82 Hubble Mosaic with 2014 Supernova
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 2014J, M82, NGC 3034.
SN 2014J
Supernova in M82
A 2014 Hubble Space Telescope image of SN 2014J, M82, NGC 3034.
M81
Hubble Photographs Grand Design Spiral Galaxy M81
The sharpest image ever taken of the large "grand design" spiral galaxy M81. This beautiful galaxy is tilted at an oblique angle on to our line of sight, giving a "birds-eye view" of the spiral structure. The galaxy is similar to our Milky Way, but our favorable view provides a better picture...
Holmberg IX
Dwarf Galaxy Holmberg IX
Dwarf galaxy, Holmberg IX, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Arp's Loop
Hubble View of Arp's Loop
Arp's Loop, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
M82
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope! - Starburst Galaxy M82
To celebrate the Hubble Space Telescope's 16 years of success, the two space agencies involved in the project, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), are releasing this image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M82). This mosaic image is the sharpest wide-angle view ever...
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Chandra/Hubble/Spitzer X-ray/Visible/Infrared Image of M82
Composite of multi-wavelength images of the active galaxy M82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. X-ray data recorded by Chandra (courtesy of NASA/CXC/JHU/D.Strickland) appears here in blue; infrared light...
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Hydrogen Plume in M82
Plumes of gas and dust amid a field of numerous faint, resolved stars blown from the central regions of M82 into the outer "suburbs."
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Nucleus of M82
The central "inner-city" portion of the galaxy showing the combined light of countless stars and revealing 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 resolved and unresolved red (cooler) and blue...
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Disk of M82
A portion of M82's bluish disk, largely composed of young, hot stars. Numerous bright blue-white star-forming clumps and wisps of darker, cooler dust and gas appear superimposed on the disk.
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Starburst Galaxy M82
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
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The Heart of the Galaxy M82 in Visible Light
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
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The Heart of Starburst Galaxy M82
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
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The Heart of the Galaxy M82 in Infrared Light
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
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Nearby Galaxy M82
A 2001 Hubble Space Telescope image of M82, NGC 3034.
Messier 82
M82 Galaxy with Supernova
The supernova SN 2014J is seen in this image near its peak brightness in the first week of February 2014. It appears as a faint star to the lower right of the central region of its host galaxy M82.
Messier 82
Seeing Through a Veil of Dust
The closest supernova of its kind to be observed in the last few decades has sparked a global observing campaign involving legions of instruments on the ground and in space, including NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
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The Cigar Galaxy M82
This image shows M82, also known as the "Cigar galaxy," in infrared light, as observed by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope back in 2005.
M82 Black Hole
Chandra Clinches Case for Missing Link Black Hole
Mid-mass black hole found 600 light years from galaxy center.
Cigar Galaxy
M82: Great Observatories Present Rainbow of a Galaxy
NASA's Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra space observatories teamed up to create this multi-wavelength view of the M82 galaxy.
Cigar Galaxy
Spitzer Unveils a Cosmic "Cigar": Messier 82
This image shows the infrared view from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of the galaxy Messier 82.
Cigar Galaxy
Smoke without fire: a different view of the cigar galaxy
This image shows the most detailed view ever of the core of Messier 82 (M 82), also known as the Cigar Galaxy. Rich with dust, young stars and glowing gas, M 82 is both unusually bright and relatively close to Earth. The starburst galaxy is located around 12 million light-years away in the...
Messier 82
Hubble spies huge clusters of stars formed by ancient encounter
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope snapped this view of the heart of the galaxy M82. The image was taken in infrared light with the telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). Hubble peered through thick dust lanes to find some of the galaxy's more than 100 super...
Messier 82
Hubble spies huge clusters of stars formed by ancient encounter
This stunningly beautiful image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of the prototypical starburst galaxy M82. The ongoing violent star formation due to an ancient encounter with its large galactic neighbour, M81, gives this galaxy its disturbed appearance. In the...
Galaxies
Wide-field image showing the region of M81 and M82 (ground-based image)
The spiral galaxy M81 and the neighbor galaxy M82 as seen in ground-based images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The image is a colour composite from DSS2 images. The field of view is 2.8 degrees.
Cigar Galaxy
Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of M82 and M81 (ground-based image)
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.
Holmberg IX
Dwarf Galaxy Holmberg IX
This loose collection of stars is actually a dwarf irregular galaxy, called Holmberg IX. It resides just off the outer edge of M81, a large spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. This image was taken with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in early 2006. Holmberg IX is of the so-called Magellanic type...
Holmberg IX
GALEX ultraviolet image of the interacting galaxies M81 and M82
A GALEX ultraviolet image of the interacting galaxies M81 and M82, which lie 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The gravity from each galaxy dramatically affected the other during their last close encounter, 200 million years ago. Gas density waves rippling around M81...
Holmberg IX
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.
Holmberg IX
Hubble Space Telescope visible light image "blue blobs"
A Hubble Space Telescope visible light image of bright blue star clusters found along a wispy bridge of gas that was tidally stretched between the two galaxies, and a third companion galaxy not seen in this picture. This is not the place astronomers expect to find star clusters because the...
Holmberg IX
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.
Holmberg IX
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.
Messier 81
Ground-based view of two galaxy neighbours: M81 and M82
This ground-based image of M81 (left) and M82 (right) was taken by Robert Gendler with a 12 inch telescope from a suburb outside Hartford, Connecticut. The distance between the two popular galaxies is 37 arc-minutes (approximately a moon diameter). Credit: Robert Gendler
Messier 82
Ground-based close-up view of M82
This ground-based image of M82 was taken by Robert Gendler with a 12 inch telescope from a suburb outside Hartford, Connecticut. Credit: Robert Gendler
M82
M82 As Seen By the GBT
This composite image of starburst galaxy M82 shows the distribution of dense molecular gas as seen by the GBT (yellow and red) and the background stars and dust as seen by Hubble (blue). The yellow areas correspond to regions of intense star formation. The red areas trace outflows of gas from the...
Cigar Galaxy
NuSTAR Finds a Pulse in Cigar Galaxy
High-energy X-rays streaming from a rare and mighty pulsar, the brightest found to date, can be seen in this new image combining multi-wavelength data from three telescopes.
Cigar Galaxy
NuSTAR Finds a Pulse in Cigar Galaxy
High-energy X-rays streaming from a rare and mighty pulsar, the brightest found to date, can be seen in this new image combining multi-wavelength data from three telescopes.
Cigar Galaxy
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in M82 Galaxy
This image shows the core of galaxy Messier 82 (M82), where two ultraluminous X-ray sources, or ULXs, reside (X-1 and X-2). ULXs are regions that shine intensely with X-rays.
Cigar Galaxy
SPIRE spectrum of Messier 82
This is one of the early spectra obtained with the SPIRE fourier transform spectrometer on Herschel. It depicts the spectrum of M82, the nearest starburst galaxy.
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PACS spectrum of Messier 82
This is one of the early spectra obtained with the PACS integral field spectrometer on Herschel. Shown here are spectral images from a region (indicated by the pink box overlaid on the optical image) of the prototype nearby starburst galaxy, M82.
M82
Chandra Images Seething Cauldron of Starburst Galaxy
The nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth.
M82
Starburst Galaxy With Ultraluminous X-Ray Sources
This Chandra image is colorized to highlight a population of point-like "ultraluminous" X-ray sources in M82, a starburst galaxy 11 million light years from Earth.
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Images From Space Telescopes Produce Stunning View of Starburst Galaxy
A galaxy 12 million light years from Earth that is undergoing a burst of star formation.
M82
"Survivor" Black Holes May Be Mid-Sized
The nearest starburst galaxy to Earth at a distance of 12 million light years.
M82
Chandra Images Torrent of Star Formation
A starburst galaxy located about 12 million light years from Earth.
M82 SN2014J
NASA's Chandra Observatory Searches for Trigger of Nearby Supernova
A supernova in the galaxy M82 about 11.4 million light years from Earth.
M82X-2
Suspected Black Hole Unmasked as Ultraluminous Pulsar
A source with unusual pulsations in the M82 galaxy about 11.4 million light years from Earth.
Milky Way
Mapping the Infrared Universe: Part 1
This image is a map of the portion of the sky covered by the preliminary release of WISE data. WISE surveyed the entire sky in four infrared wavelengths in 2010. On April 14, 2011, the WISE team released data representing 57 percent of the sky as seen by WISE. This preliminary release will allow...
Messier 81
WISE Beholds a Pair of Dancing Galaxies
This image from NASAs Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, features two stunning galaxies engaged in an intergalactic dance. The galaxies, Messier 81 and Messier 82, swept by each other a few hundred million years ago, and will likely continue to twirl around each multiple times before...
