How to Find M81 Bodes Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy in Your Telescope or Binoculars

Have you ever wondered how to find M81 Bode's Galaxy and M82 Cigar Galaxy in your telescope, binoculars, or to do DSLR Astrophotography? In today's episode of our Deep Sky with Dave Messier Marathon series, I will walk you through my four step method for finding this amazing year long celestial wonders. Chapters: 1) Video Introduction: 0:00 2) Thank you to my Patreon Supporters: 0:23 3) Messier Marathon Series 0:42 4) M81 and M82 Descriptions 1:10 5) When to View: 1:35 6) Featured Astrophotographer: 1:40 7) M81 and M82 3D Visualization 2:45 8) Constellation Information: 3:05 9) Discovery: 3:40 10) Telescope Requirements: 4:38 11) Astrophotography Requirements: 4:48 12) Ideal Field of View: 5:19 13) Step 1- Find a Starting Asterism or Constellation: 5:42 14) Step 2- Find the Object Using Star Hopping: 6:42 15) Step 3- Move your Eye to Your Magnified Finder 8:14 16) Step 4- Move your Eye to Your Widest Field Eyepiece 8:45 17) Closing 9:24 #cosmossafari #space #galaxy 🌌 Don’t forget to Like, Subscribe, and Share to help support the channel and bring the universe even closer. ⚡ Affiliate Links & Support Some of these products may be linked below — using them helps support the channel at no extra cost to you. SHOP COSMOS SAFARI'S AMAZON STOREhttps://a.co/d/0ffzS6jj SHOP AGENA ASTRO AFFILIATE LINK:https://bit.ly/4qW6UHQ SHOP HIGHPOINT SCIENTIFIC AFFILIATE LINK: https://bit.ly/3UMNT9I Dwarf Lab - Dwarf III Affiliate Link: https://bit.ly/4nahlVz A Special Thanks to Will Young at https://www.deepskydude.com/ for the right to use his awesome music. Support the Show on Patreon -   / cosmossafari   Find Dave “Cosmos Safari” www.cosmossafari.com @cosmossafari on YouTube -    / cosmossafari   Instagram -   / cosmossafari   Facebook -   / thecosmossafari   X -   / cosmossafari   TikTok Software I used: This video is brought to you by Simulation Curriculum and the use of the Starry Night 8 Pro software. http://starrynight.com IMAGE CREDIT: NASA