M81 & M82
by Mike Hankey, under Galaxies
Here’s a picture of Bode’s Galaxy and the Cigar Galaxy. Some scientists believe these galaxies are close enough to each other that the gravity from M81 (the one of the left) deformed its neighbor causing star formation to increase by 10 times. The galaxies look pretty close to each other but are actually separated by 130,000 light-years.
M81 & M82 - April 18th, 2010
Here’s a closeup of the galaxy pair.
M81 & M82 - April 18th, 2010
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