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M82 is the brightest infrared galaxy in the sky which is most likely due to its gravitational disruption from it's interaction with M81. Recently over 100 freshly-formed globular clusters have been discovered with the Hubble Space Telescope. Their formation is probably another effect triggered by the encounter with M81. It was estimated that the most recent tidal encounter with M81 occurred between about 50 and several 100 million years ago

4-19-2007