Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's nebulae  ·  M 81  ·  M 82  ·  NGC 3031  ·  NGC 3034  ·  NGC 3077
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M81, M82 and NGC 3077, Eyepiece View, Steven Bellavia
M81, M82 and NGC 3077, Eyepiece View
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M81, M82 and NGC 3077, Eyepiece View

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M81, M82 and NGC 3077 are galaxies outside out local group, approximately 12 million light years away. They are interacting with each other. This is not evident from my photo, but check out this radio image of the three:

https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/Sept10/Turner/Turner6.html

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M81, M82 and NGC 3077, Eyepiece View, Steven Bellavia

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