Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5422  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5473  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5477  ·  NGC 5484  ·  NGC 5485  ·  NGC 5486  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Stuart Stakoff
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Stuart Stakoff
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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The Pinwheel Galaxy sits about 21 million light years from earth in the constellation Ursa Major. If you can find the big dipper, moving away from the bowl down the handle, the first star you come to is Alioth and the second is Mizar. If you continue on an imaginary line in this direction (don't make the turn in the handle) for about the same distance that you travelled from Alioth, then you are in the area of M101. It is classified as a spiral galaxy - pretty easy to see why

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Stuart Stakoff