Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's galaxy  ·  Bode's nebulae  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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M81 galaxy, Jaspal Chadha
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M81 galaxy

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M81 galaxy

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The m81 is one of the brightest galaxies in planet Earth's sky and only a mere 12,000,000 light years

Towards the bottom of the image you can see the Holmberg IX, a dwarf irregular satellite galaxy of M81 formed only 200 million years ago…I can count a dozen other faint galaxies!

I took this over three nights In December Using the following equipment:

Location: London (UK)

Takahashi 130 with reducer telescope

Ioptron CEM60 mount

QSI 690 CCD

luminance 30 x 600 seconds

Red 10 x 600 seconds

Green10 x 600 seconds

Blue 10 x 600 seconds

Ha 5 x 600 seconds

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M81 galaxy, Jaspal Chadha