Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5474  ·  NGC 5477
M101 and  NGC 5474, meeus
M101 and  NGC 5474
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M101 and NGC 5474

M101 and  NGC 5474, meeus
M101 and  NGC 5474
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M101 and NGC 5474

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Lovely combination of a well-known "whirlpool" galaxy (M101) and a less known but quite peculiar "bulge" galaxy (NGC5474). Note very delicate spiral arms of the dwarf galaxy centered around the smaller bulge/core.

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M101 and  NGC 5474, meeus