Bernard Miller
M81
Planewave CDK-17 Luminance: 27x20 minutes (binned 1x1) Red: 12x15 minutes (binned 2x2) Green: 12x15 minutes (binned 2x2) Blue: 12x15 minutes (binned 2x2)
This is an image of M81, also known as Bode’s Galaxy, after Johann Elert Bode who discovered the galaxy on December 31, 1774. This is a spiral galaxy about 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Just above M81, you can see its satellite galaxy, irregular galaxy Holmberg IX.
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