Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  HD122865  ·  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 - The Whirpool Galaxy, Andre Vilhena
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M101 - The Whirpool Galaxy

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M101 - The Whirpool Galaxy, Andre Vilhena
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M101 - The Whirpool Galaxy

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In the constellation of Ursa Major, at about 25 million light years from us lies the Pinwheel Galaxy. This beautiful galaxy has 170,000 light years across, about twice of our Milky Way.
In the photo, two types of color clusters hint on the objects present: the red-pinkish ones are the hydrogen rich nebulas where star forming is taking place and the blue ones on the spiral arms are clusters of young and hot blue stars.
This photo is a full re-processing of a zoomed area of one of my previous photos, to better highlight the galaxies structures, including the outward faint areas.

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M101 - The Whirpool Galaxy, Andre Vilhena

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