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Object Name:
Messier 82
Object Type:
Galaxy
Position (J2000):
RA:
09h55m52.2s
Dec:
+69d40m47s
Distance:
11.7 million light-years
Constellation:
Ursa Major
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| About the Data |
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech/C. Engelbracht (University of Arizona)
Instrument:
IRAC
Wavelength:
3.6 (blue), 4.5 (green), 5.8-8.0 (red) microns
Exposure Date:
May 6, May 8, and May 9 2005
Exposure Time:
4 minutes per point, and the entire map took just over 1 hour
Field of View:
12.6 x 12.6 arcminutes
Orientation:
North is 57.7 deg CCW from up
Release Date:
16 March 2006
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| Observers |
Charles Engelbracht (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Robert Kennicutt, Principal Investigator (University of Arizona/ Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge)
Lee Armus (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech)
Brent Buckalew (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech)
George Bendo (Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine)
Daniela Calzetti (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Daniel Dale (University of Wyoming)
Bruce Draine (Princeton University)
Charles Engelbracht (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Karl Gordon (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
George Helou (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech)
David Hollenbach (NASA Ames Research Center)
Thomas Jarrett (Caltech)
Praveen Kundurthy (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
David Makovoz (Spitzer Science Center, Caltech)
Megan Sosey (Space Telescope Science Institute)
John Cannon (MPIA Heidelberg)
Martin Meyer (Space Telescope Science Institute)
Eric Murphy (Yale University)
Michael Regan (Space Telescope Science Institute)
George Rieke (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
John-David Smith (Steward Observatory, University of Arizona)
Fabian Walter (MPIA Heidelberg)
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