M 81 · Galaxy · Ursa Major

Bode's Galaxy

Also known as NGC 3031 · PGC 28630 · UGC 5318

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Ursa Major

Position (J2000)

9h 55m 33s · +69° 03′ 55″

Discovered

by Johann Elert Bode in 1774

Pictures

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Magnitude

6.92

visual

Size

21.6′ × 11.3′

Distance

~12,000,000 ly

Best months

Jan–Mar

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.