M82

Cigar Galaxy · NGC 3034

Constellation

Ursa Major

Shape

Irregular

Magnitude

8.4

Size

11.2′

Position

9h 56m, +69.7°

Distance

11.9 ± 0.6 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M82

Further info

NASA: Messier 82

NED: M82

SIMBAD: M82

Wikipedia: Messier 82

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M82, NGC 3034 — Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: J. Gallagher (University of Wisconsin), M. Mountain (STScI) and P. Puxley (National Science Foundation)