September 2, 2016

Messier 82

Messier 82

Composite of images of the active galaxy Messier 82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. X-ray data recorded by Chandra appears here in blue, infrared light recorded by Spitzer appears in red. Hubble's observation of hydrogen emission appears in orange. Hubble's bluest observation appears in yellow-green.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, and JPL-Caltech
Explanation from: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0604d/

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