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- M82 is the sister galaxy to M81, just 38
- minutes away. This is a fine example of
- an irregular galaxy, looking more like a
- galactic cigar than anything else.
- Generally easy in small telescopes, it
- takes a larger instrument before the dark
- dust lanes can be seen. M82 is also a
- strong radio object. This is one of the
- smaller galaxies, being only 16,000 light
- years across, one-eigth that of the
- Milky Way.