Galaxies

The Heart of the Galaxy M82 in Visible Light

March 7, 2001 · NASA · M82, NGC 3034 · Ursa Major

About the colours

Blue: 428 nm Green: 520 nm Red: 820 nm

Object: M82, NGC 3034
Constellation: Ursa Major
Distance: About 3.6 Mpc (12 million light-years)
Released: March 7, 2001
Position: RA 09h 55m 52s · Dec +69° 40′ 49″
Instrument: HST> WFPC2
Filters: The release image of M82 was created from WFPC2 archived HST data from the following science Proposals: 7446 (WFPC2/NICMOS observations): R. O'Connell (Univ. Virginia). Principal Astronomers: R. de Grijs (Inst. of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK), R. O'Connell (Univ. Virginia), J. Gallagher (Univ. Wisc-Madison), D. Hunter (Lowell Obs.) 6826: P. Shopbell (Cal Tech). Principal Astronomers: P. Shopbell (Cal Tech), R. Dufour (Rice Univ.), J. Cohen (Cal Tech), J. Bland-Hawthorn (AAO)
Observed: September 15, 1997
Image size: 446 × 587 px
Category: Galaxies
Source: NASA