Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
M81, Struve 1387 + Holmberg IX, Georg N. Nyman
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M81, Struve 1387 + Holmberg IX

M81, Struve 1387 + Holmberg IX, Georg N. Nyman
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M81, Struve 1387 + Holmberg IX

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M81 (Bode Galaxy) plus the DoubleStar Struve 1387 pls the irregular galaxy Holmberg IX. The latter is not easy to get as it is quite dim, but the stars are more or less resolved and visible. The image is a manual HDR composite of four different exposure stacks.

The distance between the two stars of Struve 1387 is 8.9"....but both are clearly separated and visible

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M81, Struve 1387 + Holmberg IX, Georg N. Nyman