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Tonight, high in the northern sky within the familiar pattern of the Big Dipper, lies Messier 109, a magnificent barred spiral galaxy located approximately 83 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. #Messier109 #UrsaMajor 🌍✨ #Astrophotography
February 5, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Messier 109 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is around 50 million light-years away and has a diameter of 110,000 light-years. M 109 belongs to a group of about 50 galaxies.
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A detailed deep-space photograph of the spiral galaxy M95 (NGC 3351) against a dark sky filled with stars. The galaxy features tightly wound spiral arms, dark dust lanes, and a bright, compact yellowish nucleus. Several foreground stars in our own Milky Way are visible as points of light, some with distinct diffraction spikes.
August 23, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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📸 Messier 109
📅 June 27, 2025
📷 Robert Eder

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A high-resolution telescopic image of Messier 109, a barred spiral galaxy seen face-on with a distinct central bar and tightly wound spiral arms. The galaxy glows with a soft bluish hue and appears near the lower center of the frame. Bright foreground stars with diffraction spikes dot the scene. In the upper right, the glare from the nearby bright star Phecda is visible. Three smaller, faint bluish galaxies — UGC 6969, UGC 6940, and UGC 6923 — appear scattered around the frame and may be satellite galaxies of M109.
June 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM