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Date: 24 April 2006 Satellite: Spitzer Space Telescope Depicts: Messier 82, M 82, Cigar Galaxy Copyright: NASA/JPL-Caltech/C. Engelbracht (University of Arizona) Show in archive: true
Composite image of the active galaxy Messier 82 from infrared observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope in three wavelength bands coded in red (longest wavelength), green, and blue (shortest wavelengths).