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Constellation: Ursa Major

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M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy)
M101 12th Apr 2025 John Evans
M101 the Pinwheel galaxy 30th Mar 2025 Robert Elson
M63 and M101 28th Mar 2025 Anne Startup
M101 25th Mar 2025 Robert Elson
The Pinwheel and the Little Pinwheel galaxies 20th Mar 2025 Chris Bowden
M101 6th Mar 2025 Nicola Mackin
The Chinese Dragon nebula and M101 16th Jul 2024 Nicola Mackin
Reprocessing of Seestar S50 data on M101 7th Jul 2024 Nicola Mackin
M101 with a Seestar S50 4th Jul 2024 Nicola Mackin
M101 combined data from a Seestar S50 and an SV605CC plus Stella Mira scope 15th Jun 2024 Nicola Mackin
NGC 3109, The Dolphin Head nebula, The Southern Pinwheel galaxy 7th Mar 2024 Chris Bowden
The Lagoon nebula and M101 with the supernova 26th Jun 2023 Chris Bowden
M101 supernova, all the data so far 7th Jun 2023 Chris Bowden
The Western Veil nebula and M101 28th May 2023 Chris Bowden
M83, M101 and IC1318 25th May 2023 Chris Bowden
The Eagle nebula, M101 galaxy and M5 globular cluster 24th May 2023 Chris Bowden
M101, supernova and the Veil nebula 23rd May 2023 Chris Bowden
M101 and the Veil nebula 23rd May 2023 Chris Bowden
Supernova in M101 21st May 2023 Chris Bowden
The Jellyfish nebula; the Horsehead nebula; M81 and M82 and M101; M42, the Orion nebula; the Tadpole nebula and the Monkeyhead nebula. 20th Mar 2023 John Beer
M101 28th Feb 2023 Anne Startup
M101 and NGC 5474 15th Feb 2023 Chris Playle
Link 25th Jan 2023 Chris Bowden
Rho Ophiuchi and M101 21st Jul 2022 Chris Bowden
M13 and M101 29th May 2022 Chris Bowden
M101, NGC4565, M97 3rd Apr 2022 Chris Bowden
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy 22nd Jun 2017 Colin Miles
M101 plus astronomical sketches 31st Aug 2016 Jim Startup
Galaxies with the Atik Infinity 16th Feb 2016 Steve Wainwright
NGC 891, NGC 6946, M27, M33 and M101 23rd Dec 2014 Phil Martin
M42 with a 9.25" SCT and M99, M101, NGC 1514, NGC 1560 with the Bradford Robotic telescope 20th Dec 2014
Supernova, Comet, Globular clusters and Galaxies 27th Aug 2011 Steve Wainwright
Deep Sky with a Pentax K-x and a 10" Newtonian 24th Jul 2011 Steve Wainwright

M108 (Surfboard Galaxy)
M97 and M108: 10th Apr 2025 Chris Bowden
The Owl nebula and the Surfboard galaxy 5th Apr 2025 Anne Startup
Owl nebula (M97) and M108 6th Sep 2023 Chris Bowden
M97 The Owl Nebula and M108 The Surfboard Galaxy 16th Apr 2023 Chris Playle
More Deep Sky with the Atik Infinity 11th Feb 2016 Steve Wainwright

M109 (Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy)
M109 19th Apr 2025 John Evans
Galaxies and globular clusters 12th Apr 2025 Robert Elson
M109 27th Mar 2025 Nicola Mackin
M109 23rd May 2018 Colin Miles

M40 (Double Star)
M40, M103 and M92 6th May 2025 Robert Elson

M51 (Whirlpool Galaxy)
M51, Sun and Leo Triplet with Seestar 11th May 2025 Gaynor Thomas
First forays into Seestar S50 2nd May 2025 Gaynor Thomas
M51 1st May 2025 Nik Whitehead
M51 14th Apr 2025 John Evans
M51 12th Apr 2025 Chris Playle
The Sun, The Whirlpool galaxy and M78 19th Mar 2025 Chris Bowden
M1 and M51 15th Feb 2025 Robert Elson
Multiple targets taken with an ASI533MM Pro camera and a SW Esprit 80ED triplet refractor 8th Feb 2025 Chris Bowden
M51 26th Apr 2023 Anne Startup
M51 and the Hamburger galaxy with a Skymax 127, an SV605CC OSC camera and AstroDMx Capture 20th Apr 2023 Nicola Mackin
M51 16th Apr 2023 John Beer
Reprocessing of M51 data 14th Apr 2023 Chris Bowden
Follow up on Sony 50mm lens tests and M51. 13th Apr 2023 Chris Bowden
M51 9th Apr 2023 Chris Playle
The Seagull nebula and M51 imaged under the full Moon 7th Apr 2023 Nicola Mackin
M51 and open clusters 4th Apr 2022 Callum Long
M82 an M51 3rd Apr 2022 Chris Playle
M51 and other galaxies 1st Apr 2022 Anne Startup
M51 24th Mar 2022 Chris Bowden
M51 and NGC5195 7th Mar 2022 Chris Bowden
M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy 4th Jun 2018 Colin Miles
Whirlpool galaxy 9th May 2018 Colin Miles
M51 7th May 2018 Colin Miles
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy 23rd Jun 2017 Colin Miles
M51 21st Jan 2017 Anne Startup
M51 14th Mar 2016 Phil Martin
Galaxies with the Atik Infinity 16th Feb 2016 Steve Wainwright
M51 and Comet Catalina C/2013 US10 with a LN300 video camera 16th Jan 2016 Steve Wainwright
M51 27th Mar 2014 Anne Startup
M51 using itelescope.net 21st Jan 2012 Tom Bradley
Sunspots in white light, Jupiter and M51 16th Oct 2011 Anne Startup
The supernova in M51 23rd Aug 2011 Steve Wainwright
Deep Sky with a Pentax K-x and a 10" Newtonian 24th Jul 2011 Steve Wainwright
M51 with an Atik314 camera and an 11" SCT 4th Apr 2011 Keith Davies
The Sun and M51 24th Mar 2011 Keith Davies
More images from Wayne Jones 12th Aug 2010 Wayne Jones
Wayne Jones's spring and summer images 27th Jul 2010 Wayne Jones

M81 (Bode's Galaxy)
First forays into Seestar S50 2nd May 2025 Gaynor Thomas
M81 and M82 13th Apr 2025 Robert Elson
M81 and M82 8th Apr 2025 Anne Startup
M81 and M82 31st Mar 2025 Chris Playle
M81 and M82 13th Mar 2025 Chris Playle
M81 and M82 6th Mar 2025 Anne Startup
M81 and NGC 1491 16th Feb 2025 Robert Elson
Rosette Nebula, Bodes Galaxy (M81), The Cigar galaxy (M82) and NGC 3077, The Whale and Hockey Stick galaxies 30th Jan 2025 Chris Bowden
M3 and M81 with the Seestar S50 18th Oct 2024 Robert Elson
M13, M81 and M82 with a Seestar S50 14th Oct 2024 Nik Whitehead
M81 and M82 with a Seestar S50 21st Jun 2024 Nicola Mackin
Bodes Galaxy (M81), the Cigar Galaxy (M82) and NGC 3077 18th Jun 2024 Chris Bowden
M81 with a Seestar S50 5th May 2024 Nicola Mackin
M81 the Bodes galaxy and M82 the Cigar galaxy with NGC 3077 19th Apr 2024 Chris Playle
The Jellyfish nebula; the Horsehead nebula; M81 and M82 and M101; M42, the Orion nebula; the Tadpole nebula and the Monkeyhead nebula. 20th Mar 2023 John Beer
M81 Bodes Nebula and M82 the Cigar galaxy. 15th Feb 2023 Chris Playle
Link 25th Jan 2023 Chris Bowden
M81 and M82 23rd Mar 2022 Chris Bowden
Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) and M81/82 27th Mar 2020 Nicola Mackin
M81 22nd Feb 2019 Colin Miles
M81 and M81 12th Jan 2019 Anne Startup
Images captured at Kelling Heath 21st Nov 2017 Anne Startup
M81 - Bode's Galaxy 6th Nov 2016 Colin Miles
More Deep Sky with the Atik Infinity 11th Feb 2016 Steve Wainwright
M81 and M82 16th Aug 2015 Colin Miles
Drawing of M81 8th Feb 2015 Jim Startup
Drawings of M81 and M66 26th Apr 2012 Chris Playle
Galaxies and a globular cluster 28th Jul 2011 Keith Davies
Narrowband images of the Horsehead and Flame nebula region of Orion and two galaxies in Ursa Major 20th Jan 2011 Nicola Mackin
Nebulae and galaxies with an SDC-435, and an autoguided, f/4.8, focally reduced, 10" Newtonian 28th Nov 2010 Steve Wainwright
Deep Sky with a Nikon D700 and 80mm & 4 inch APO refractors 13th Oct 2010 Keith Davies
M81, LRGB image with an Atik camera and an SCT 20th Jan 2010 Nicola Mackin

M82 (Cigar Galaxy)
M81 and M82 13th Apr 2025 Robert Elson
M81 and M82 8th Apr 2025 Anne Startup
M81 and M82 31st Mar 2025 Chris Playle
M81 and M82 13th Mar 2025 Chris Playle
M81 and M82 6th Mar 2025 Anne Startup
Rosette Nebula, Bodes Galaxy (M81), The Cigar galaxy (M82) and NGC 3077, The Whale and Hockey Stick galaxies 30th Jan 2025 Chris Bowden
M13, M81 and M82 with a Seestar S50 14th Oct 2024 Nik Whitehead
M81 and M82 with a Seestar S50 21st Jun 2024 Nicola Mackin
Bodes Galaxy (M81), the Cigar Galaxy (M82) and NGC 3077 18th Jun 2024 Chris Bowden
M81 the Bodes galaxy and M82 the Cigar galaxy with NGC 3077 19th Apr 2024 Chris Playle
The Jellyfish nebula; the Horsehead nebula; M81 and M82 and M101; M42, the Orion nebula; the Tadpole nebula and the Monkeyhead nebula. 20th Mar 2023 John Beer
M81 Bodes Nebula and M82 the Cigar galaxy. 15th Feb 2023 Chris Playle
Link 25th Jan 2023 Chris Bowden
M82 an M51 3rd Apr 2022 Chris Playle
M81 and M82 23rd Mar 2022 Chris Bowden
Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) and M81/82 27th Mar 2020 Nicola Mackin
M81 and M81 12th Jan 2019 Anne Startup
The Milky Way and M82 14th Sep 2018 Anne Startup
M82 7th Jan 2018 Anne Startup
Images captured at Kelling Heath 21st Nov 2017 Anne Startup
M82 1st Dec 2016 Colin Miles
The Cigar galaxy 30th Nov 2016 Colin Miles
M82 29th Nov 2016 Colin Miles
M82 the Cigar Galaxy 7th Nov 2016 Colin Miles
More Deep Sky with the Atik Infinity 11th Feb 2016 Steve Wainwright
M81 and M82 16th Aug 2015 Colin Miles
Animation of Supernova SN 2014J in M82 30th Dec 2014 Phil Martin
M82, the cigar galaxy, with the Bradford Robotic Telescope 30th Oct 2014 Colin Miles
M82 and SN214J with a Mintron frame-integrating video camera 1st Mar 2014 Steve Wainwright
Supernova SN 2014J in M82 20th Jan 2014
Galaxies and a globular cluster 28th Jul 2011 Keith Davies
Narrowband images of the Horsehead and Flame nebula region of Orion and two galaxies in Ursa Major 20th Jan 2011 Nicola Mackin
M82 with an Atik 314E colour camera and a 6", f/5 refractor 10th Dec 2010 Keith Davies
Nebulae and galaxies with an SDC-435, and an autoguided, f/4.8, focally reduced, 10" Newtonian 28th Nov 2010 Steve Wainwright
Deep Sky with a Nikon D700 and 80mm & 4 inch APO refractors 13th Oct 2010 Keith Davies
M82 and the Moon with an 11" SCT 30th Aug 2010 Steve Wainwright
Day and night 6th Jul 2010 Steve Wainwright
Images from 7th January 2010 20th Jan 2010

M97 (Owl Nebula)
First forays into Seestar S50 2nd May 2025 Gaynor Thomas
M97 and M108: 10th Apr 2025 Chris Bowden
The Owl nebula and the Surfboard galaxy 5th Apr 2025 Anne Startup
M97 Owl Nebula. 3rd Apr 2025 Robert Elson
The Owl nebula 11th Apr 2024 Nicola Mackin
Owl nebula (M97) and M108 6th Sep 2023 Chris Bowden
M97 The Owl Nebula and M108 The Surfboard Galaxy 16th Apr 2023 Chris Playle
M101, NGC4565, M97 3rd Apr 2022 Chris Bowden
Galaxies and the Owl nebula 27th Mar 2022 Chris Bowden
M104 and M97 with a mobile phone camera 8th May 2021 Chris Playle
The Owl nebula 25th Feb 2018 Anne Startup
The Owl nebula M97 5th Feb 2018 Anne Startup
More Deep Sky with the Atik Infinity 11th Feb 2016 Steve Wainwright
M100, M97 and NGC1399 with the Bradford Robotic telescope 10th Jan 2015 Colin Miles
Videography to capture a supernova in M95, The Whirlpool galaxy and the Owl nebula plus a constellation shot with a compact camera 24th Mar 2012 Nicola Mackin
An SDC-435 with a focally reduced 6" Newtonian 29th Nov 2010 Steve Wainwright

NGC3079 (Barred Spiral Galaxy)
Galaxy NGC 3079 in RGB and a zoomed in view of the Twin Quasar QSO 0957 +561 A/B. 6th Feb 2025 John Evans

NGC4157 (Spiral Galaxy)
Sketch of NGC 4157 30th Aug 2024 Jim Startup

NGC5474 (Strange spiral galaxy)
M101 and NGC 5474 15th Feb 2023 Chris Playle
Testing the SV405CC TEC cooled OSC with AstroDMx Capture in Crouton on a Chromebook 8th Mar 2022 Nicola Mackin

Twin Quasar
Galaxy NGC 3079 in RGB and a zoomed in view of the Twin Quasar QSO 0957 +561 A/B. 6th Feb 2025 John Evans

Ursa Major
Constellation of Ursa Major 16th Jun 2022 Chris Playle
Constellation shots 4th Nov 2021 Chris Playle
Ursa Major with a bridge camera. 27th Aug 2021 Chris Playle
Constellation shots with a bridge camera on a fixed tripod. 23rd Aug 2021 Chris Playle
Ursa Major and other constellations shot with a bridge camera 18th Apr 2014 Steve Wainwright
Constellations with a long exposure compact camera 29th Jun 2011 Steve Wainwright
The Plough with an altazimuth mounted Pentax DSLR 6th Mar 2011 Steve Wainwright

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