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Messier 82

Image: Digitized Sky Survey
Image: Digitized Sky Survey

This is a starburst galaxy, which means it's producing many more stars per year than is usual - in this case 10 times more than the Milky Way.



Facts and Figures


Object type: .
Distance: 121,000,000,000,000,000,000 km.
Size (approximate diameter): 3,360,000,000,000,000,000 km.