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Ursa Major Constellation and Galaxy M82

Galaxy M82 is located about 12 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Ursa Major is seen in this ground-based image taken by Akira Fujii. CreditsA. Fujii

Date
Jan 1, 2006
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2006-14-1880-image
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Galaxy M82 is located about 12 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear. Ursa Major is seen in this ground-based image taken by Akira Fujii.

Credits

A. Fujii

Image Details

About The Object
Object NameUrsa Major

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