Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5455  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5471  ·  NGC 5477
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M101 Pinwheel Glaxay, henri62
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M101 Pinwheel Glaxay

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M101 Pinwheel Glaxay

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy, The giant spiral disk of stars, dust and gas is 170,000 light-years across — nearly twice the diameter of our galaxy, the Milky Way. M101 is estimated to contain at least one trillion stars. The galaxy’s spiral arms are sprinkled with large regions of star-forming nebulas.(The pink blobs) These nebulas are areas of intense star formation within giant molecular hydrogen clouds. Brilliant, young clusters of hot, blue, newborn stars trace out the spiral arms.

It is located 25 million light years away.

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M101 Pinwheel Glaxay, henri62