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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6081.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6081. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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M81 is an early-type spiral galaxy with a prominent bulge and well-defined arms. It is sometimes also known as `Bode's Galaxy'; it is very bright, and can under good conditions be seen with the naked eye in the constellation Ursa Major. Together with M82 it forms a small group and there are some indications that the two have had a close encounter in the past (M82 seems to have been affected more—...

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