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How to grasp the scale of the cosmos from your backyard
Our first target is the wonderful pair of Bode's Galaxy (M81) and the Cigar Galaxy (M82) in Ursa Major. Both lie some 12 ...
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Explained: You’re Looking Back In Time When You Look At The Stars
Galaxy-light from the Andromeda galaxy (M31 ... using telescopes — and it's possible to see things like galaxies M81 and M82, a pair about 11 million light-years away. Think that’s far?
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Stellar views of some of the most spectacular sights in the universe
The reason for this much greater activity lies in M82's gravitational interactions with a neighbouring galaxy known as M81. The fantastic image here is the sharpest wide-angle view of M82 ever ...