Description

Acrylics on Canvas  |  625x475mm /24,5×18,7 inches

Investigating how this unique galaxy which is developing new stars at 10x faster rate than in other galaxies.

Description and Credits:

M82 “Cigar” Galaxy.

Distance: 12 million light-years away.

Diameter: About 28 000 light-years.

Unique: New stars forming at 10 times the normal rate.

Galaxy Ref: Starburst Galaxy “M82”

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Tsinghua Univ./H. Feng et al.; Full-field: X-ray: NASA/CXC/JHU/D.Strickland; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA/The Hubble Heritage Team; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of AZ/C. Engelbracht.