Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5477
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Phil Montgomery
M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Phil Montgomery
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 in LRGB, the Pinwheel Galaxy.  A face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.  M101 has six prominent companion galaxies: NGC 5204, NGC 5474, NGC 5477, NGC 5585, UGC 8837 and UGC 9405.

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Phil Montgomery

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