Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471
M101 LHaRGB, Andrei Gusan
M101 LHaRGB
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M101 LHaRGB

M101 LHaRGB, Andrei Gusan
M101 LHaRGB
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M101 LHaRGB

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Also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101 lies within the boundaries of the northern constellation Ursa Major, about 23 million light-years away. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way galaxy. Its core is dominated by light from cool yellowish stars. Along its grand design spiral arms are the blue colors of hotter, young stars mixed with obscuring dust lanes and pinkish star forming regions.

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M101 LHaRGB, Andrei Gusan