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  2. M81 Group - Wikipedia

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    The M81 Group is a galaxy group in the constellations Ursa Major and Camelopardalis that includes the galaxies Messier 81 and Messier 82, as well as several other galaxies with high apparent brightnesses. [1] The approximate center of the group is located at a distance of 3.6 Mpc, making it one of the nearest groups to the Local Group. [1]

  3. Messier 81 - Wikipedia

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    Messier 81 is the largest galaxy in the M81 Group, a group of 34 in the constellation Ursa Major. [28] At approximately 11.7 Mly (3.6 Mpc) from the Earth, it makes this group and the Local Group, containing the Milky Way, [28] relative neighbors in the Virgo Supercluster.

  4. List of nearest galaxies - Wikipedia

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    This encompasses about 50 major Local Group galaxies, and some that are members of neighboring galaxy groups, the M81 Group and the Centaurus A/M83 Group, and some that are currently not in any defined galaxy group.

  5. Messier 82 - Wikipedia

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    Messier 82 (also known as NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy or M82) is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.It is the second-largest member of the M81 Group, with the D 25 isophotal diameter of 12.52 kiloparsecs (40,800 light-years).

  6. Holmberg IX - Wikipedia

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    Holmberg IX is a dwarf irregular galaxy and a satellite galaxy of M81, located in the constellation of Ursa Major.It is of the Magellanic type of Galaxy as it is similar to the Small Magellanic Cloud, neighbour galaxy to Milky Way Galaxy. [3]

  7. NGC 3077 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 3077 is a small disrupted elliptical galaxy, a member of the M81 Group, which is located in the northern constellation Ursa Major.Despite being similar to an elliptical galaxy in appearance, it is peculiar for two reasons.

  8. Category:M81 Group - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "M81 Group" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... Messier 81; Messier 82; N. NGC 2366; NGC 2403; NGC 2976; NGC 3077; NGC ...

  9. NGC 2403 - Wikipedia

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    NGC 2403 (also known as Caldwell 7) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Camelopardalis. It is an outlying member of the M81 Group, [3] and is approximately 8 million light-years distant. It bears a similarity to M33, being about 50,000 light years in diameter and containing numerous star-forming H II regions. [4]