Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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M81 - 5/11/24, Ed Dixon
M81 - 5/11/24
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M81 - 5/11/24

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Image of M81 taken 5/11/24 at the Great Valley Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway.  Taken with a ZWO Seestar robotic telescope.  Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.  Image was processed with Pixinsight, Windows and Apple edit.

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M81 - 5/11/24, Ed Dixon