Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  Cigar Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034
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The Bodes and Cigar Galaxy (M81 and M82), AstroDarks
The Bodes and Cigar Galaxy (M81 and M82)
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The Bodes and Cigar Galaxy (M81 and M82)

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The Bodes and Cigar Galaxy (M81 and M82)

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Galaxy season ✅Galaxy Cluster ✅Bortle 7 😰 ✅😶‍🌫️✅

The galaxy season is well and truly here. Presenting the famous M81 and M82 pair commonly known as the Bodes and Cigar galaxy! These galaxies are 12 Million light years away from us. It means that when we are looking at them, we are actually looking 12 Million years into the past because that's how long the light took to reach us! 

M81, a spiral galaxy, whispers tales of graceful arms adorned with glittering star clusters, while M82, a tumultuous starburst galaxy, roars with the fiery birth of new celestial bodies amidst chaotic gas clouds. In their celestial ballet, we witness the relentless dance of creation and destruction, a reminder that the cosmos is both birthplace and a graveyard. Yet, amid the chaos, there is harmony—the delicate balance of forces sculpting the fabric of space-time.

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The Bodes and Cigar Galaxy (M81 and M82), AstroDarks