M81 and M82 bathed in Integrated Flux Nebula…Most images of M81 and M82 will show the two galaxies, the surrounding stars and a few smaller galaxies here and there.
But a deeper exposure and a much more careful processing will reveal that these galaxies, far from being visualized against a nearly dark, empty background, they are surrounded by huge clouds of dust…The truth is that the galaxies are not surrounded by this dust – the dust is much closer to us than the galaxies…
