Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Aaron Wasserman
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Aaron Wasserman
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

This image is a composite of 5 hours of LRGB data under Bortle 6 skies on a Zenithstar 73 with an ASI1600MM pro camera.

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Aaron Wasserman