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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

Showing images 1 – 40 of 114


6 
0 
M81 & M82
Graham Roberts
Obs 2026 Feb 24 – 18:30 UTC
Upload 2026 Mar 21 – 17:08 UTC

4 
0 
M81 and M82 wide field...
Duncan Hale-Sutton
Obs 2026 Mar 18 – 23:22 UTC
Upload 2026 Mar 20 – 17:29 UTC

4 
0 
Bodes Galaxy
Robert Anthony Nickson
Obs 2026 Jan 20 – 18:33 UTC
Upload 2026 Feb 26 – 14:36 UTC

13 
0 
M81
Matthew Terrell
Obs 2025 Oct 18 – 02:45 UTC
Upload 2026 Jan 23 – 11:48 UTC

4 
0 
M81 & M82 (SeeStar...
Geof Lewis
Obs 2025 Mar 27 – 01:02 UTC
Upload 2026 Jan 17 – 14:38 UTC

2 
0 
Messier M81 Bode'...
Ivan Walton
Obs 2025 Oct 04 – 05:16 UTC
Upload 2025 Oct 08 – 10:37 UTC

2 
0 
Galaxy M81
Iain Cartwright
Obs 2025 May 12 – 23:48 UTC
Upload 2025 May 13 – 19:04 UTC

3 
0 
M81, M82 & NGC 307...
Steve Knight
Obs 2025 Apr 26 – 21:46 UTC
Upload 2025 May 06 – 10:18 UTC

4 
0 
M81
Carl Frederick Hansen
Obs 2025 May 04 – 23:00 UTC
Upload 2025 May 05 – 21:09 UTC

4 
0 
M81
Oliver Hext
Obs 2025 May 03 – 08:40 UTC
Upload 2025 May 03 – 08:43 UTC

3 
0 
M81
David Williams
Obs 2025 Mar 15 – 11:09 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 28 – 11:11 UTC

4 
0 
M81
Matthew Terrell
Obs 2025 Jan 14 – 20:03 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 20 – 16:07 UTC

8 
0 
M81, M82 & Holmber...
Paul Whitmarsh
Obs 2025 Apr 10 – 22:39 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 14 – 21:16 UTC

4 
0 
M81 and M82
Simon Paul Davis
Obs 2025 Mar 31 – 22:30 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 10 – 10:24 UTC

6 
0 
M81 and M82
Martin Ratcliffe
Obs 2025 Jan 31 – 07:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 06 – 21:12 UTC

9 
0 
M81
Michael Buechner
Obs 2025 Mar 19 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 06 – 17:18 UTC

6 
0 
Galaxy M81 with Holmbe...
Des Middlemass
Obs 2025 Mar 19 – 23:59 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 04 – 14:29 UTC

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

12 
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...
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
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