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[edit]DescriptionM82- Chandra Images Seething Cauldron of Starburst Galaxy (2000-0094).tiff |
English: M82, at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth, is the nearest starburst galaxy. Massive stars are forming and expiring in M82 at a rate ten times higher than in our galaxy. The bright spots in the center are supernova remnants and X-ray binaries. These are some of the brightest such objects known. The luminosity of the X-ray binaries suggests that most contain a black hole. The diffuse X-ray light in the image extends over several thousand light years, and is caused by multimillion degree gas flowing out of M82. A close encounter with a large galaxy, M81, in the last 100 million years is thought to be the cause of the starburst activity. |
Date | 14 January 2000 (upload date) |
Source | M82: Chandra Images Seething Cauldron of Starburst Galaxy |
Author | NASA/CXC/SAO/PSU/CMU |
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Also Known As InfoField | Cigar Galaxy |
Category InfoField | Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies, Black Holes |
Color Code InfoField | Hot pink dots - the rest is intensity |
Constellation InfoField | Ursa Major |
Coordinates (J2000) InfoField | RA 09h 55m 50.70s |
Distance Estimate InfoField | 12 million light years |
Observation Date(s) InfoField | September 20, 1999 |
Observation ID(s) InfoField | 361, 1302 |
Observation Time InfoField | 13 hours |
Scale InfoField | Image is 5 arcmin across. |
Instruments InfoField | ACIS |
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Image title | M82, at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth, is the nearest starburst galaxy. Massive stars are forming and expiring in M82 at a rate ten times higher than in our galaxy. The bright spots in the center are supernova remnants and X-ray binaries. These are some of the brightest such objects known. The luminosity of the X-ray binaries suggests that most contain a black hole. The diffuse X-ray light in the image extends over several thousand light years, and is caused by multimillion degree gas flowing out of M82. A close encounter with a large galaxy, M81, in the last 100 million years is thought to be the cause of the starburst activity. |
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Software used | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Macintosh |
File change date and time | 00:41, 5 March 2008 |
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