m81 (Jerome Proust)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's Galaxy · M 81 · NGC 3031

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M81 est une galaxie située dans la constellation de la Grande Ourse, à 2° au sud-est de 24 UMa. Elle fut découverte par Johann Elert Bode le 31 décembre 1774, puis indépendamment par Pierre Méchain en 1779 qui la signala à son ami Charles Messier.

M81 est une galaxie spirale d'un diamètre relativement modeste de 60 000 années-lumière. En 1993, l'observation d'une trentaine de céphéides par le télescope Hubble a permis d'estimer la distance de la galaxie à 11,8 millions d'années-lumière, ce qui en fait l'une des plus proches de la nôtre. Elle fait partie du même groupe de galaxies que M82, l'Amas de M81 (en) (le groupe G2 de la liste de Vaucouleurs). Ce groupe fait partie du superamas de la Vierge, de même que notre groupe local.

La plupart des émissions aux longueurs d'onde infrarouges proviennent des poussières interstellaires[10],[11]. Cette poussière interstellaire se trouve principalement dans les bras spiraux des galaxies, et il a été montré qu'elle est liée aux régions d'étoiles en formation[10],[11]. L'explication généralement retenue est que les étoiles bleues présentes dans ces régions, étoiles chaudes et à faible durée de vie, échauffent ces poussières et augmentent ainsi leurs émissions infrarouges.

M81 ne peut être vue sans instrument. Elle est nettement visible avec des jumelles du fait de sa magnitude de 6,9. Dans un télescope de 114 mm, le noyau apparaît comme lumineux et entouré d'un halo diffus. Un instrument de 350 mm et de bonnes conditions d'observations sont nécessaires pour déceler les bras spiraux de la galaxie.

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