Bode’s Galaxy M81

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February 6, 2018 at 4:45 pm

John Tonks

Pembrokeshire

180mm Maksutov
ZWO 1600MM camera
20 x 120sec per channel LRGB image

Bode’s Galaxy M81. A spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, 12 million light years distant.

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