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Messier 81, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Bode's Galaxy, ndi spiral galaxy pafupifupi 12 miliyoni light-year kutali mu gulu la nyenyezi Ursa Major. Ndi pafupifupi theka la kukula kwa Milky Way, ndipo m’mimba mwake ndi zaka 90,000 za kuwala. Adapezeka ndi Johann Elert Bode pa Disembala 31, 1774, adawuphunzira mozama ndi akatswiri a zakuthambo chifukwa cha kuyandikira kwake, kukula kwake, ndi active galactic nucleus. Messier 81 atha kuwonedwa mosavuta pogwiritsa ntchito binoculars ndi telescope yaying'ono, ndipo mukamawonera mwapadera mutha kuwonedwa ndi maso. Pakatikati pa mlalang'ambawu pali bowo lakuda kwambiri lomwe kulemera kwake kuli pafupifupi 70 miliyoni kuposa Dzuwa.Photograph credit: Ken Crawford