File:M82- Chandra Images Seething Cauldron of Starburst Galaxy (2000-0094 - 0094 infrared).jpg
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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.
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[edit]DescriptionM82- Chandra Images Seething Cauldron of Starburst Galaxy (2000-0094 - 0094 infrared).jpg |
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 | SAO |
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Also Known As InfoField | Cigar Galaxy |
Category InfoField | Normal Galaxies & Starburst Galaxies, Black Holes |
Constellation InfoField | Ursa Major |
Coordinates (J2000) InfoField | RA 09h 55m 50.70s |
Distance Estimate InfoField | 12 million light years |
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Credit/Provider | NASA/CXC/SAO/PSU/CMU |
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Headline | The nearest starburst galaxy at a distance of 11 million light years from Earth. |
Source | Chandra X-ray Observatory |
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Author | Chandra X-ray Observatory Center |
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Date and time of data generation | 14 January 2000 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Image width | 438 px |
Image height | 406 px |
Color space | Uncalibrated |
Width | 438 px |
Height | 406 px |
Pixel composition | RGB |
Number of components | 3 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
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Date metadata was last modified | 11:40, 15 December 2010 |
Keywords | M82 |
Contact information | cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA |
IIM version | 2 |