This galaxy is Kenough ⁣

 This galaxy is Kenough ⁣:

⁣Young and old stars shine together in one of our sky’s brightest galaxies, Messier  81 (M81), which lies 11.6 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. Our Spitzer Space Telescope, @NASAHubble, and Galaxy Evolution Explorer captured it in infrared, visible light, and ultraviolet wavelengths, respectively.⁣

M81 is similar in structure to our galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy with long winding arms full of stars that grow older the closer to the galaxy’s nucleus. A black hole resides in the center, 15 times the size of the Milky Way’s black hole, Sagittarius A*.⁣

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Image description: 

M81 appears predominantly pink with purple, blue, yellow, white, red, and orange dots arcing around the galaxy’s nucleus in its long curved arms. Blue represents ultraviolet light showing the youngest hottest stars seen by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer, yellowish white is visible light seen by #Hubble, and red lanes of dust are detected in infrared.⁣
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Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA⁣
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[ INFORMATION DATA: 12 March 2024 ]