Photo: (c) NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF)
Messier 82 [M 82]
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This mosaic image of the magnificent starburst galaxy, Messier 82 (M 82, Cigar Galaxy) is the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of M 82.
It is a galaxy remarkable for its webs of shredded clouds and flame-like plumes of glowing hydrogen blasting out from its central regions where young stars are being born 10 times faster than they are inside in our Milky Way Galaxy.