Cigar Galaxy
starburst galaxy
11.4 million light-years from Earth
Forming stars ten times faster than the Milky Way. Supernova-driven winds blast red filaments of hydrogen out of both faces of the disk.
- 11.4 million light-years · a starburst triggered by M81
- kind
- galaxy
- catalogue
- M82 · NGC 3034
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