The 2024 workflow on the nicely framed Bodes-, Cigar- and Garland-Galaxy picture from 2022. The details are much clearer, especially on the Cigar Galaxy.
![Cigar Galaxy - M82, Bode's Galaxy - M81, Garland Galaxy - UGC5398](https://astrocamp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/M81-M82-UGC5398_V1.2.1_en-1200x800.jpg)
The 2024 workflow on the nicely framed Bodes-, Cigar- and Garland-Galaxy picture from 2022. The details are much clearer, especially on the Cigar Galaxy.
Messier 81 is a spiral galaxy with a diameter of about 90,000 light-years and a distance of about 12 million light-years from Earth.