M81 (IMAGE)

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

M81

Caption

An example of a nearby spiral galaxy, M81, where the bulge and the disc are easily identified.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA.

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