Short-Wavelength Infrared Views of Messier 81

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Short-Wavelength Infrared Views of Messier 81

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The magnificent spiral arms of the nearby galaxy Messier 81 are highlighted in this NASA Spitzer Space Telescope image. Located in the northern constellation of Ursa Major which also includes the Big Dipper.
NASA/JPL/Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

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18/12/2003
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California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory34.20139, -118.17341
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