Messier 82.
Galaxia en la constelación de ursa major.
Coordenadas AR: 09:55:52,73 (hh:mm:ss) Dec: +69:40:45,8 (º:’:»)
Magnitud aparente: 8,41
Identificador ngc: 3034
WIKIPEDIA:
La galaxia del Cigarro (también conocida como Galaxia Irregular M82, Messier 82, M82 o NGC 3034) es una galaxia irregular alargada y estrecha en la constelación de la Osa Mayor. Es el prototipo de galaxia con brote estelar, estando caracterizada por una elevada tasa de formación estelar en su centro, causada según parece por una interacción gravitatoria hace entre doscientos y quinientos millones de años con la primaria galaxia de Bode.[1][2]
Ese brote estelar duró 50 millones de años, con
CRÉDITO IMÁGENES: Funding for the SDSS and SDSS-II has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Participating Institutions, the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Japanese Monbukagakusho, the Max Planck Society, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England. The SDSS Web Site is http://www.sdss.org/. The SDSS is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions. The Participating Institutions are the American Museum of Natural History, Astrophysical Institute Potsdam, University of Basel, University of Cambridge, Case Western Reserve University, University of Chicago, Drexel University, Fermilab, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Japan Participation Group, Johns Hopkins University, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics, the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, the Korean Scientist Group, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LAMOST), Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy (MPIA), the Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), New Mexico State University, Ohio State University, University of Pittsburgh, University of Portsmouth, Princeton University, the United States Naval Observatory, and the University of Washington.
