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Original – M81 also known as Bode's Galaxy is around 12 million light years away. It has an irregular satellite galaxy known as Homberg IX.
Reason
A high quality astro image with great EV
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M 81
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
Creator
Ken Crawford

Promoted File:M81.jpg -- Armbrust The Homunculus 15:59, 4 April 2015 (UTC) reply