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| Designations | M81 Group, M81-M82 Group, NGC 3031 Group | | Constellations | Primarily Ursa Major, extending into Camelopardalis | | Right Ascension | Centred around 9h 55m 0s | | Declination | Centred around +69° 6' 0" | | Distance | c. 11,700,000 light years
c. 3,600,000 parsecs | | Dimensions | Apparent: c. 85° x 16°
Actual: c. 21,800,000 x 3,300,000 light years | | Members | Thirty-four galaxies, including M81 (Bode's Galaxy) and M82 (the Cigar Galaxy) | | Optimum Visibility | March (usually visible from northern latitudes) | | Notes | This small galaxy group, centred around the spiral galaxy M81 and the irregular M82, is one of the closest such groups to the Milky Way's Local Group. The more massive galaxies within the group interact with one another, with threads and loops of material stretching between them. |
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