Image of M82 from an anonymous source
The nearby interacting starburst galaxy Messier 82 in an image through a narrow-band filter including H-alpha emission. The ionized-gas filaments extending along the galaxy's minor axis trace a large-scale wind powered by the starburst. The image was taken with a TI CCD at the Lowell 1.1m telescope.
Credit: Bill Keel, University of Alabama
Deep false-color image of M82 by Greg Bothun of the University of Oregon.
Last Modification: 20 Jun 1999, 20:30 MET