Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Kanwar Singh
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Kanwar Singh
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy

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This image was taken from Blackstrap provincial park. It was a cold night with temperatures going below zero. I had a good night doing this, because there was very less wind to deal with and I had about 3 hours of subs going on with the galaxy reaching at zenith.

The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years (six megaparsecs)[3] away from earth in the constellation Ursa Major. First discovered by Pierre Méchain on March 27, 1781, it was communicated to Charles Messier who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, Kanwar Singh