SPIRE spectrum of Messier 82
Date: 26 November 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Copyright: ESA and the SPIRE consortium
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This is one of the early spectra obtained with the SPIRE fourier transform spectrometer on Herschel. It depicts the spectrum of M82, the nearest starburst galaxy. The accompanying image is a spectacular three-colour composite picture of the M81 and M82 pair of galaxies also obtained with the SPIRE camera.
Last Update: 1 September 2019