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The Cigar

M82 · starburst galaxy · Common

The Cigar

It shines five times brighter than the whole Milky Way.

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The real thing

Photograph
The Cigar, photographed by Hubble Space Telescope
NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (NSF) · CC BY 4.0

Record

M82 (NGC 3034)
Object
starburst galaxy
Rarity
Common
RA
09:55:51.60
Dec
+69:40:48.00
DISTANCE
~12 Mly
STAR BIRTH
10 × Milky Way
NEIGHBOUR
M81
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