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Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It has a D 25 isophotal diameter of 29.44 kiloparsecs (96,000 light-years ).
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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]
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Huge file, very detailed, clear EV (lead image in the article on the subject), very "stop, stare, click". Already a FP on Commons, caption nabbed from the article. As with any image of this size, Dschwen's image viewer will be useful. Articles in which this image appears Messier 81, M81 Group, bulge (astronomy), unbarred spiral galaxy
Also called VV 32 and Arp 148, this is a very peculiar looking object, and is likely to be not one galaxy, but two galaxies undergoing a collision. Event in images is a spindle shape and a ring shape. [citation needed] Milky Way: Sagittarius (centre) The appearance from Earth of the galaxy—a band of light [citation needed]
M81 or M-81 may refer to: M-81 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan; McDonnell-Douglas MD81; Messier 81, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, also known as NGC 3031 or Bode's Galaxy; U.S. Woodland, a camouflage pattern colloquially known as "M81"
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]