Bode's Galaxy (M81) is a stunning grand-design spiral in Ursa Major, one of the brightest galaxies in the night sky and a favorite target for backyard telescopes. Discovered by Johann Bode in 1774, it is famous for its perfectly symmetric spiral arms and a supermassive black hole at its core weighing about 70 million times the mass of the Sun.

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