Rainbow of a Galaxy

Portrait celebrates Hubble's "sweet sixteen" birthday.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:28

Nearly 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major is the M82 galaxy. The above false-coloured view of the galaxy was a combined effort by NASA's Spitzer, Hubble and Chandra observatories.

X-ray data recorded by Chandra appears in blue; infrared light recorded by Spitzer appears in red; Hubble's observations of hydrogen emission appear in orange, and the bluest visible light appears in yellow-green.

:: Spitzer Gallery
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