A cameo by NGC 2976, NGC 3077 (OK, its really M81) (Ian Dixon)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's Galaxy · Cigar Galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 2959 · NGC 2961 · NGC 2976 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034 · NGC 3077

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A cameo by NGC 2976, NGC 3077 (OK, its really M81)

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My apologies, the title is somewhat misleading. You will not see a massive looming (and rarely featured) galaxy. You will see M81 and M82 - which I very much am fond of as well. 🙂

However if you look very closely you will see NGC 2976 in the lower left. NGC 2976 is a great little DSO. From Skysafari - NGC 2976 is a 10th magnitude Spiral Galaxy @ 12 million light years from our solar system. Its morphological type is Sc.

Of course, my original purpose was to try Bode's nebula, but I found this guy in my subs, and was intrigued. 🙂

The SV70 doesn't have the reach of a C11edge, ha ha. My Rig is only 336mm (reduced), and so coupled with an APS-C sized chip allows me to provide a wide view within galaxy rich zones. Ursa is surprisingly rich!

Thanks for looking.

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Description: In this revision I have tried to give a more natural feel to the background of normal space in this region - which is also very famous for its IFN. While I don't have any IFN in this image, I think this background is better, perhaps more realistic vs the original.
Cheers - I

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RA (center)	09h53m29s.14
RA (top/left)	10h06m53s.85
RA (top/right)	10h02m30s.84
RA (bottom/right)	09h38m38s.57
RA (bottom/left)	09h45m39s.76

Dec (center)	+68°43′05″.2
Dec (top/left)	+67°32′27″.7
Dec (top/right)	+70°14′49″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+69°49′26″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+67°10′13″.9

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