NASA's Spitzer, Hubble and Chandra space observatories teamed up to create
this multi-wavelength, false-colored view of the M82 galaxy. The lively
portrait celebrates Hubble's "sweet sixteen" birthday.
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.
About the Movie
M82 is shown in all its wavelength glory. Dissolving from Chandra X-ray Observatory
images of three X-ray energy bands to images in three bands of the infrared spectrum
taken by the Spitzer Space Telescope, and ending with the Hubble Space Telescope's
visible- and near-infrared-light image. The three observatories' images were composited
to reveal the galaxy's stars, as well as gas and dust features.
Note: The size of the Full-Res TIFF for the still image is 4299 samples x 3490 lines.
