Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of M82 and M81 (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic0604h April 24th, 2006

Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

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.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0604h/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cigar Galaxy • Messier 82
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 55m 7.3s; DEC = 69° 43’ 24.8”
Orientation: North is 4.2° CW
Field of View: 2.8 x 3.7 degrees
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: heic0604h
Subject Category: C.5.3.3
Subject Name: Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82
Credits: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

Release Date: 2006-04-24T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0604h/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 148.780600873, 69.7235484307
Reference Dimension: 10102.0, 13123.0

Reference Pixel: 5051.0, 6561.5
Scale: -0.000280265083593, 0.000280265083593
Rotation: -4.2000000000000028
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0604h

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0604h.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-04-21T09:54:24+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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