Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's nebulae  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy), deletio
Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy)
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Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy)

Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy), deletio
Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy)
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Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy)

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Bode's Nebula (M 81) at the bottom right is a spiral galaxy located about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The Cigar Galaxy (M 82) is at the top with NGC 3077 at the lower left.

A stack of 5 exposures by 4 minutes @ ISO 2500, taken with a non-modified Nikon D700 through Takahashi FC-100 driven by Takahashi EM-200 AGS-1BLD and guided by PHD2 with QHY5L-II-C through Orion ST80.

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Messier 81 (Bode's Galaxy), deletio