Illustration by NASA, ESA, and L. Frattare (STScI; spectrum courtesy of NASA)

Composite of multi-wavelength images of the active galaxy M82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. X-ray data recorded by Chandra, courtesy of NASA/CXC/JHU/D.Strickland, appears here in blue; infrared light recorded by Spitzer, courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/C. Engelbracht (University of Arizona), appears in red; Hubble's observations (courtesy of NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)) of hydrogen emission appears in orange, and the bluest visible light appears in yellow-green.

For more links to more images of M82, cool movies,
animations, pan and zooms and Hubble Trivia,
visit the M82 release page at STScI.