The Ursa Major constellation (ground-based image)
The galaxy Messier 82 is located 12 million light-years away. It appears high in the northern spring sky in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Here Ursa Major is seen in a ground-based image taken by Akira Fujii.
Credit:Akira Fujii
About the Image
| Id: | heic0604g |
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| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 24 April 2006, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0604 |
| Size: | 2723 x 2174 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82, Ursa Major |
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| Type: | Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst |
| Distance: | 13 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
