Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  HD85161  ·  HD85458  ·  HD85533  ·  HD85828  ·  HD86574  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
Messier 81 and Messier 82 Galaxies, Tom Wildoner
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Messier 81 and Messier 82 Galaxies

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Galaxies Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) and Messier 81 (also known as NGC3031 or Bode's Galaxy) are galaxies about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. The lower right corner also shows the galaxy NGC 3077. NGC 3077 is a smaller member of the M81 Group.

PHOTO DETAILS: photographed on January 3, 2014 under good conditions and includes 30 x 60 second, 5 x 90 second exposures (total 37.5 minutes), 10 bias and 8 dark frames. A Canon T4i and Canon EF400mm f/5.6L USM lens at ISO 800 were used. The camera was mounted on a ZEQ25GT mount from iOptron. Photo's were stacked in ImagesPlus and final editing done in Corel PaintshopPro X6 and X5.

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Messier 81 and Messier 82 Galaxies, Tom Wildoner

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