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Image showing M 82, taken from the NTU telescope
This image shows M 82, which is a galaxy (like M 33 and M 74) that is 11 million light-years away from us.

M 82 is a very active galaxy, which means it creates many stars at once. This is caused by its close companion galaxy, M 81, that is 130,000 light-years away from M 82 and much larger. M 81 cannot be seen in this image.

The image was produced by the combination of ten red, green, and blue images that were each exposed for one minute.

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