Bode's galaxy, or M81, in Ursa Major. A spiral galaxy showing a bright central nucleus, with spiral arms showing blueish colours of hot young stars as well as bright red hydrogen alpha star forming regions. To the right of the image is a faint galaxy - Holmberg IX. The galaxy has bright blue and yellow foreground Milky Way stars surrounding it.
An LRGBHa image of M81 taken recently with @astronomyedinburgh.bsky.social's remote 12" Murrell Newtonian 🔭 at #Trevinca in Spain. #astrophotography