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Collection:
NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Title:
Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope!
Object Name:
M82
Object Name:
NGC 3034
Object Name:
M81
Object Name:
NGC 3031
Acknowledgement:
*Credit:* J. Schedler (Panther Observatory)
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About the Object Object Name: M82, NGC 3034 Object Description: Starburst Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 09h 55m 52s
Dec. 69° 40' 49" Constellation: Ursa Major Distance: 12 million light-years (3.7 Megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is roughly 7.9 arcminutes (28,000 light-years or 8,500 parsecs) wide. About the Data Note: Announcement page with release information on High Level Science Products for M82 (combined and mosaiced fits files for each filter) is available at: http://archive.stsc…[ http://archive.stsc…] Data Description: This image was created from HST data from proposal 10776 M. Mountain (STScI), J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin-Madison), P. Puxley (NSF), K. Noll, H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, W. Januszewski, and T. Royle (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA). Instrument: ACS/WFC Exposure Date(s): March 27-29, 2006 Exposure Time: 13.7 hours Filters: F435W("B"), F555W("V"), F658N (H alpha), F814W("I") About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Release Date: April 24, 2006 Color

This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Three filters sample broad wavelength ranges, one isolates the light of hydrogen. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:

F658N (Hydrogen-alpha) red/orange
F814W (I) red
F555W (V) green
F435W (B) blue

Orientation: Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope! - Starburst Galaxy M82 [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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*Image Type:*: Astronomical
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*Release Date*:April 24, 2006 09:00 AM (EDT)
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*Title*:Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope!
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2006-14l
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*Description*:

This image was taken with a 16" Cassagrain telescope in red, green, blue and Halpha filters. The observation was made January - March 2006 at Panther Observatory [ http://panther-obse…] in Austria. The imager notes that 900 minutes of exposure time were used for this image, a personal record.
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Ursa Major
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COMPASS
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Aura
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Imager
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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M81
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Wisconsin
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Madison
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Hamilton
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M82
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NGC 3034
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Austria
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NGC 3031
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Washington, D.C.
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April 24, 2006
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March 2006
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2006
UID:
SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-200 6-14l
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Release Date:
April 24, 2006 09:00 AM (EDT)

Happy Sweet Sixteen, Hubble Telescope!