Pan video: M82 (Webb and Hubble image)
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy. Webb’s near-infrared-light view is a snapshot in time, revealing a scene that has been evolving over a couple hundred million years. In near-infrared light, astronomers can see the galaxy’s distended disc structure and millions of individual stars — approximately 16.5 million — for the first time.
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Credit:NASA, ESA, CSA, A. Smercina (STScI), T. Williams (University of Manchester), A. Pagan (STScI), N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb)
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