M108 is a spiral galaxy nicknamed the "Surfboard Galaxy" due to its tilted appearance. It's relatively close to Earth, at 28.7 million light-years away. M108 is quite bright (magnitude 10.0) and ...
The constellation Ursa Major, so famous for its brilliant asterism called the Big Dipper, holds numerous interesting deep-sky objects. One of the best galaxies in the constellation is M108, a highly ...