Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5447  ·  NGC 5449  ·  NGC 5450  ·  NGC 5451  ·  NGC 5453  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5462  ·  NGC 5471  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Dale A Chamberlain
Powered byPixInsight
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy, Dale A Chamberlain
Powered byPixInsight

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain on March 27, 1781 and was communicated to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries.

Comments