Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  Bode's Galaxy  ·  M 81  ·  NGC 3031
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M-81 - A Grand Design spiral in black and white, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton
M-81 - A Grand Design spiral in black and white
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M-81 - A Grand Design spiral in black and white

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M-81 - A Grand Design spiral in black and white

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Surely one of the most beautiful of easily-visible galaxies, M-81 in Ursa Major, lies some 11.7 million light years away, and interacts gravitationally with disturbed galaxy M-82, the latter showing the greater effect of the tug-of-war.

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M-81 - A Grand Design spiral in black and white, Steve Solon and Terry Chatterton