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Observations of M81

Other names Bode's Galaxy
Bode's Nebula
NGC 3031
UGC 5318
PGC 28630

Object type Galaxy

RA 09h55m

Declination 69°03' N

Constellation Ursa Major

Further information

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3 
0 
NGC3031 M81 Bodes Gala...
Nicholas Freeman
Obs 2025 Mar 27 – 08:21 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 27 – 18:21 UTC

1 
0 
M81 and friends
Oliver Hext
Obs 2025 Mar 20 – 20:28 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 20 – 20:29 UTC

2 
0 
Galaxies M81 & M82
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2025 Mar 18 – 21:34 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 19 – 21:32 UTC

11 
0 
Bode's Galaxy M81
Mr Ian David Sharp
Obs 2025 Mar 19 – 15:11 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 19 – 15:14 UTC

8 
0 
M81 Bodes Galaxy
Thomas Wade
Obs 2025 Feb 22 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 18 – 10:03 UTC

6 
0 
Bodes Group
Kenneth Medcalf
Obs 2025 Mar 03 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 16 – 09:37 UTC

9 
0 
Bodes Galaxy
Royston Morgan
Obs 2025 Feb 02 – 19:33 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 11 – 12:26 UTC

4 
0 
Messiers 81 and 82
Ian Papworth
Obs 2025 Mar 05 – 17:01 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 05 – 17:03 UTC

8 
0 
Bode's Galaxy M81
Ian Jarrett
Obs 2025 Mar 03 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 04 – 20:03 UTC

8 
0 
M81 Bode's Galaxy and ...
Alan Ferguson
Obs 2025 Jan 03 – 00:30 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 29 – 21:16 UTC

2 
0 
M81
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2025 Jan 06 – 19:53 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 08 – 11:55 UTC

3 
2 
M81
Charles Graham Taylor
Obs 2025 Jan 04 – 20:09 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 05 – 20:10 UTC

3 
0 
Messier 81 & 82
Ian Papworth
Obs 2025 Jan 03 – 14:12 UTC
Upload 2025 Jan 03 – 14:15 UTC

4 
0 
M81 and M82
Chris Entwistle
Obs 2024 Dec 23 – 05:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Dec 23 – 06:58 UTC

8 
0 
Bode`s Nebula
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2022 Mar 01 – 03:24 UTC
Upload 2024 Oct 11 – 17:35 UTC

1 
0 
M81+M82 testing, testi...
Peter Tickner
Obs 2024 Apr 21 – 22:31 UTC
Upload 2024 Apr 29 – 17:37 UTC

5 
0 
Messier 81
Paul Downing
Obs 2015 Feb 15 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Mar 07 – 16:00 UTC

1 
0 
M81 and M82
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2024 Feb 13 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Feb 17 – 16:58 UTC

0 
0 
M81 and M82
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2024 Jan 18 – 02:00 UTC
Upload 2024 Jan 18 – 23:02 UTC

7 
2 
Bodes with a Cigar (M8...
Ian Jarrett
Obs 2023 Nov 10 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Nov 14 – 08:56 UTC

5 
1 
Unsharp M81
Grant Privett
Obs 2022 Jan 22 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 22 – 00:43 UTC

3 
0 
Bodes Galaxies
Mazin Younis
Obs 2023 Oct 04 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Oct 05 – 16:27 UTC

3 
0 
Intergalactic cirrus ...
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2023 May 13 – 23:21 UTC
Upload 2023 Jul 07 – 23:36 UTC

4 
0 
M81
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 May 26 – 01:00 UTC
Upload 2023 May 26 – 10:39 UTC

8 
2 
M81 Group
Gary Eason
Obs 2023 May 07 – 22:47 UTC
Upload 2023 May 09 – 20:54 UTC

3 
0 
M81 Bode’s Galax...
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 May 05 – 23:30 UTC
Upload 2023 May 06 – 16:15 UTC

3 
0 
M81
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Apr 08 – 01:45 UTC
Upload 2023 Apr 09 – 18:27 UTC

3 
0 
M81_M82
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2023 Apr 04 – 20:31 UTC
Upload 2023 Apr 07 – 08:10 UTC

3 
0 
Messier 81
Mattia Piccoli
Obs 2023 Apr 06 – 09:48 UTC
Upload 2023 Apr 06 – 09:50 UTC

9 
0 
Bode's Galaxy
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2022 Feb 03 – 21:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Apr 05 – 09:07 UTC

0 
0 
M81 (NGC 3031) Bode's...
Ivan Walton
Obs 2023 Mar 21 – 23:45 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 27 – 15:38 UTC

7 
0 
The M81 Group over 3-Y...
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2023 Mar 24 – 15:53 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 24 – 16:06 UTC

4 
0 
M81
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Mar 10 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 12 – 17:39 UTC

5 
0 
M81
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2023 Mar 10 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Mar 11 – 09:33 UTC

1 
0 
M81 & M82
Adam Rawlinson
Obs 2023 Feb 19 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2023 Feb 20 – 11:47 UTC

1 
0 
M81 (Bode's Galaxy)
Ivan Walton
Obs 2022 Nov 07 – 00:57 UTC
Upload 2022 Nov 13 – 12:38 UTC

0 
0 
M81 Spiral Galaxy (Bod...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2022 Sep 08 – 05:52 UTC
Upload 2022 Sep 10 – 12:26 UTC

13 
3 
A globular cluster far...
Dean Ashton OBE
Obs 2022 Aug 01 – 20:00 UTC
Upload 2022 Aug 25 – 15:10 UTC

10 
0 
M81 Bodes & M82 Ci...
Martina McGovern
Obs 2022 Jan 12 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2022 May 21 – 17:03 UTC

4 
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M81 Bodes Galaxy
Thomas Wade
Obs 2022 Apr 06 – 09:04 UTC
Upload 2022 Apr 06 – 09:06 UTC
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