Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5477
M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, 404timc
M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy
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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, 404timc
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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

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The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. It is about 21 million light-years from Earth and has an estimated 1 trillion suns.

This shot was taken at Deerlick Astronomy Village in Sharon, Georgia. It's a stack of 360 1-minute exposures through RGB filters.

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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, 404timc