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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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M81 Galaxy is Pretty in Pink
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M81 Galaxy is Pretty in Pink
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The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this new composite from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. M81 is a "grand design" spiral galaxy, which means its elegant arms curl all the way down into its center. It is located about 12 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation and is one of the brightest galaxies that can be seen from Earth through telescopes.
The colors in this picture represent a trio of light wavelengths: blue is ultraviolet light captured by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer; yellowish white is visible light seen by Hubble; and red is infrared light detected by Spitzer. The blue areas show the hottest, youngest stars, while the reddish-pink denotes lanes of dust that line the spiral arms. The orange center is made up of older stars.
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The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this new composite from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. M81 is a "grand design" spiral galaxy, which means its elegant arms curl all the way down into its center. It is located about 12 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation and is one of the brightest galaxies that can be seen from Earth through telescopes.
The colors in this picture represent a trio of light wavelengths: blue is ultraviolet light captured by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer; yellowish white is visible light seen by Hubble; and red is infrared light detected by Spitzer. The blue areas show the hottest, youngest stars, while the reddish-pink denotes lanes of dust that line the spiral arms. The orange center is made up of older stars.
Original Caption Released with Image
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Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA /Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA /Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
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California Institute of Technology
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California Institute of Technology
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Mission:
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)
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Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
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Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble Space Telescope
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GALEX Orbiter
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GALEX Orbiter
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Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)
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Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)
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Target Name:
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Messier 81
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Messier 81
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GALEX Telescope
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GALEX Telescope
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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Visible Light
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Visible Light
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Product Size:
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3180 samples x 2456 lines
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3180 samples x 2456 lines
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Earth
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Earth
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Visible Light
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Visible Light
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SST
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SST
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Spitzer Space Telescope
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Explorer
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Explorer
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer
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Galaxy Evolution Explorer
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GALEX
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GALEX
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GALEX Orbiter
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GALEX Orbiter
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Ursa Major
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Ursa Major
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GALEX Telescope
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GALEX Telescope
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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California
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California
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M81
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M81
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Image #:
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PIA09579
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA09579
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA09579
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