Messier 81, Bode's Galaxy is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Captured in my backyard 19 &25 November 2022, 232 frames at 45s (2h54m), no flat frames. For equipment, see old setup. For more details and annotated image see below.

Several Galaxies are visible in the image:
M82, Cigar galaxy
NGC3077
Holmberg IX (pgc28757)
and several smaller, background galaxies numbered by Principal Galaxies Catalogue (pgc)

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