Bode's Galaxy, catalogued as Messier 81 and also designated NGC 3031, is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, with an isophotal diameter of roughly 96,000 light-years. It is named for the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode, who first observed it in 1774, and it forms a well-studied gravitationally interacting pair with the nearby Cigar Galaxy.
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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2. Messier 63 (The Sunflower Galaxy) - NASA Science
Classification field
Spiral Galaxy
Discovery section
Discovered by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode in 1774
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NGC 3031
Bode's Galaxy, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
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.
Messier 81, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
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.
- In Group: Spiral Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: SA(s)ab (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Spiral Galaxies
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