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M 82 · Cigar Galaxy

M 82 · Galaxy · Ursa Major

Cigar Galaxy

Also known as NGC 3034 · PGC 28655 · UGC 5322

Messier 82
Herschel 400
Smart Telescope · Small Targets

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Type: Galaxy
Constellation: Ursa Major
Position (J2000): 9h 55m 53s · +69° 40′ 46″
Discovered: by Johann Elert Bode in 1774

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 8.3; visual
Size: 11′ × 5.1′
Distance: ~13,000,000 ly
Best months: Jan–Mar

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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