Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3034
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M82, Pedro Sánchez
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M82

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M82

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This irregular galaxy that we see in companion to M81, in other wider field photographs, is really close to it, approximately 150,000 light years away, and due to the iterations that it has been undergoing, the largest and most massive, M81, has been deforming it. A high intensity star formation rate has been detected in its center.

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M82, Pedro Sánchez

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