Stunning Hubble Space Telescope image of spiral galaxy M81. Individual stars are visible, echoing Edwin Hubble's groundbreaking observations of M31. This visible light image, combined with data from GALEX, Spitzer, and Chandra, reveals the galaxy's star formation history over millions of years. M81 lies 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Astronomy Picture from 29/05/2007
Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 from Hubble
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