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Galaxy Wars: M81 versus M82

Both M81 and M82 are 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. (The galaxies separated by a linear distance of only about 150,000 light year )

Image Source: NASA (Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler)
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