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Great Observatories Present Rainbow of a Galaxy
NASA's Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra space observatories teamed up to create this multi-wavelength, false-colored view of the M82 galaxy. The lively portrait celebrates Hubble's "sweet sixteen" birthday.
X-ray data recorded by Chandra appears in blue; infrared light recorded by Spitzer appears in red; Hubble's observations of hydrogen emission appear in orange, and the bluest visible light appears in yellow-green.
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| About the Object (1) | | Object name: | M 82, Messier 82, NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy | | Object type: | Galaxy | | Position (J2000): | RA: 09h 55m 52.20s Dec: 69° 40' 7.00" | | Distance: | 11.7 million light-years | | Constellation: | Ursa Major |
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About the Data
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Spitzer Data
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| Instrument: | IRAC | | Release Date: | 2006/04/24 |
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