Observation by Mark Fairfax: Beautiful M81&M82

Uploaded by

Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2026 May 12 - 00:22

Uploaded

2026 May 13 - 11:25

Objects

M81
M82

Planetarium overlay

Enable overlay
Show stars
Label stars
Show deep sky objects
Label deep sky objects
Show constellation boundaries
Show constellation sticks
Show constellation labels
Show RA/Dec grid

Constellation

Ursa Major

Field centre

RA: 09^h54^m
Dec: +69°27'
Position angle: +70°18'

Field size

1°17' × 0°43'

Equipment

Celestron Origin v2

Exposure

620 secs (62x10s)

Location

Nottinghamshire

Target name

Beautiful M81 & M82

Title

Beautiful M81&M82

About this image

Always a beautiful pairing overhead which I never tire of observing.

(Bortle 5-6 with average seeing)

Files associated with this observation

M81M82_MF12052026.jpeg (8.2 MB)

Like this image

Dominic Ford, Callum Potter, Simon Paul Davis

Copyright of all images and other observations submitted to the BAA remains with the owner of the work. Reproduction of work by third parties is expressly forbidden without the consent of the copyright holder. By submitting images to this online gallery, you grant the BAA permission to reproduce them in any of our publications.

Registered charity no. 210769
Registered company no. 117572

For more information including contact details, click here.

Our Terms of Use are here.

Our Privacy Policy is here.