Want to experience a divine light? Here it is! A fabulous photograph of grand spiral design galaxy, M81, has been released by the Astronomers. This mind-boggling image is being captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. It would be interesting to know that this is not a single image. It is being created by adding various images with the help of three distinct wavelengths of light.
MS 81 is being positioned in the Ursa Major constellation and has about 11.6 million light years. We are lucky enough to enjoy the complete view of spiral structure, as it is at an oblique angle. View of Hubble is so great that image appears to be clear and crisp, whereas other stars can also be resolved, along with both open and global star clusters.
Enclosing the central bulge of galaxy, all older and redder stars are positioned. It also has regions for the formation of stars with the spiral arms. According to the Astronomers, due to the recently encounter with another galaxy (M82), this helps in specifying the period of the formation of star. The period of star formation would be approximately 300 million years ago.
In Honolulu, this beautiful image was released by the American Astronomical Society Meeting.
Via:universetoday
