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Messier 109

Galaxy
Messier 109 is a barred spiral galaxy exhibiting a weak inner ring structure around the central bar approximately 67.2 ± 23 million light-years away in the northern constellation Ursa Major. M109 can be seen south-east of the star Phecda. Wikipedia
Age: 13.25 billion years
Magnitude: 9.8
Stars: 1 trillion
Constellation: Ursa Major
Diameter: 180,000 light years
Apparent size (V): 7.6 × 4.7 moa
Distance: 67.2 ± 23.2 Mly (20.6 ± 7.1 Mpc)