Som ET - 21 - M81 - Messier 81: Bode's Galaxy

Discovered by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774, M81 is one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky. It is located 11.6 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major and has an apparent magnitude of 6.9. Through a pair of binoculars, the galaxy appears as a faint patch of light in the same field of view as M82. A small telescope will resolve M81’s core. The galaxy is best observed during April.

NASA/ESA Image: https://stsci-opo.org/STScI-01EVVJ6MRH3DF6GZY5ZSVA0BVX.jpg

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Credit: NASA, ESA/Hubble, Digitized Sky Survey 2, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA).
Acknowledgment: A. Zezas, J. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) and Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble).

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