Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 109  ·  NGC 3992
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The barred spiral galaxy M109 in Ursa Major, GalacticRAVE
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The barred spiral galaxy M109 in Ursa Major

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The barred spiral galaxy M109 in Ursa Major, GalacticRAVE
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The barred spiral galaxy M109 in Ursa Major

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M109 is a nice, bright and large extragalactic object and kind of the proto type of a spiral galaxy. However, imaging (and in particular processing) it is not easy owing to Phecda, a 2.4 mag binary star fairly nearby.

Data taken on April 2nd, 11th, and 12th

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