#m82

[photographybyjames]

M82 with Seestar S30 Pro

[tpicciani]

M51 and M82, M83 using my Carbonstar 200 mm scope. These are the first images captured since getting my QHY268M camera back from China. It had been out for repairs to the dew heating system and to clean the inside of the optical window that was covering the sensor. Filters were 25 year old Astrodon LRGB series E. Mount is my trusty 25 year old Losmandy G11. Took some work to remove artifacts of light pollution. Unfortunately some still remain.

[spacevoyagerx]

Cigar Galaxy M82

The Cigar Galaxy, also known as Messier 82 (M82), is a fascinating starburst galaxy located approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

It is notable for its elongated shape, which resembles a cigar, and is classified as a starburst galaxy due to its exceptionally high rate of star formation—about ten times faster than that of our Milky Way.

M82 is undergoing intense star formation, producing hundreds to thousands of solar masses in stars each year. This activity is primarily fueled by gravitational interactions with its neighboring galaxy, Messier 81 (M81), which has likely funneled gas into M82's core.

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI), and P. Puxley (National Science Foundation)

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[all-roads-are-now-bent]

M82//Cigar Galaxy (upper), M81//Bode's Galaxy (center) and NGC 3077 (lower).

M82 is catagorized as a starburst galaxy, M81 is catagorized as a grand design spiral galaxy, and NGC 3077 is catagorized as a elliptical galaxy.

Photo taken and processed by me.

[dame-de-pique]

Spiral galaxy M81, 82 - Ursae Majoris, n.d.

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[netmassimo]

An article submitted for publication in 'The Astrophysical Journal' reports a study of the exceptional rate of star formation in the M82 gal

An article submitted for publication in "The Astrophysical Journal" reports a study of the exceptional rate of star formation in the M82 galaxy. A team of researchers led by Alberto Bolatto of the University of Maryland, College Park, used the James Webb Space Telescope to map powerful galactic winds that expel vast amounts of gas caused by star formation and supernova explosions.

The NIRCam instrument is the one used in particular to trace the origin of that activity back to dense star clusters in the galactic disk. This new study of M82 offers advances in understanding star formation and how this activity is affecting the galaxy.