The magnificent starburst galaxy Messier 82
esahubble_heic0604a April 24th, 2006
Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF).
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 born 10 times faster than they are inside in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic0604a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic0604a
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.3
- Subject Name
- Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82
- Credits
- NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF).
- Release Date
- 2006-04-24T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://esahubble.org/images/heic0604a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED.
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, V, H-alpha, I
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 555, 658, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- -, -, -, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 148.9791469, 69.681713
- Reference Dimension
- 9500.0, 7400.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4751.0, 3701.0
- Scale
- -1.38805562484e-05, 1.38939775733e-05
- Rotation
- 50.1
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS info from NASA/Hubble
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- https://esahubble.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- United States
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic0604a
- Resource URL
- http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic0604a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2006-04-19T09:57:01+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.0
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
