New-born Star Rising At About 100,000 Light-Years From The Galaxy’s Center

Posted on 26 April 2008

M83 New-born Star

NASA released some images of a new-born star extending itself over 100,000 light years away from the center of the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. The star was called M83 and the first image is from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer and it pictures ultraviolet data.

M83 New-born Star

The second image includes radio data from the National Science Foundation’s Very Large Array, New Mexico and it shows the radio emission in red. The M83 baby-star is situated at about 15 million light years away in the Southern Constellation Hydra.

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