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223-Megapixel Photo Shows 16.5 Million Stars and Took Three Days to Capture

223-Megapixel Photo Shows 16.5 Million Stars and Took Three Days to Capture

A vibrant galaxy with a bright, glowing center emits orange-red clouds of gas outward, forming a fiery X-shape against a backdrop of stars and cosmic dust in deep space.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spent 65 hours, or nearly three days, observing the famous spiral galaxy, Messier 82 (M82), also known as the Cigar galaxy. The resulting 223-megapixel image contains 16.5 million stars and brand-new details never seen before.

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