Messier 81 (also known as NGC 3031 or Bode’s Galaxy) is a grand design spiral galaxy about 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
It has a D25 isophotal diameter of 96,000 light-years.
It harbours a 70 million Mø (Solar Mass) Supermassive black hole.
In late February 2022, astronomers reported that M81 may be the source of FRB 20200120E, a repeating fast radio burst.

This was a challenging image simply due to the short duration is was visible and its massive distance from Earth.

This is one of my more recent pieces of work and contains 240 images, 8 hours of data.
It was taken in a Bortle 5 Sky.

The equipment used was:
Williams Optics FLT132
ASI ZWO240MC Pro OSC
Optilong L Extreem Filter
ZWO AM5
ASIAir Plus
Williams Optics 50mm Guide Scope
ASI ZWO 120mm Mini Guide Camera.

The image was processed using Pixinsight and Photoshop.