Suffice it to mark the 16th anniversary of the placement of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA and the European Space Agency decided to publish the image of the spectacular galaxy M82.
Avi Blizovsky
Happy 16th birthday to the Hubble Space Telescope
To mark the 16th anniversary of the deployment of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA and the European Space Agency decided to publish the image of the spectacular galaxy M82.
The attached image is the most detailed wide-angle image of M82 taken to date. The galaxy is spectacular due to its bright blue disk, networks of cloud tears, and due to fiery plumes of hot hydrogen erupting from its central region.
The photo was taken in March 2006.
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For information on the mourning website
for the image in a variety of resolutions
