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                                                                                                             Messier 81 (also known as  Bode's Galaxy) is a spiral
                                                                                                             galaxy  about  12  million  light-years  away  in  the
                                                                                                             constellation  Ursa  Major.    Its  sister  Galaxy  M82  is
                                                                                                             nearly edge on to our galaxy and it also has a central
                                                                                                             area of a complex network of dusty filaments.




















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