Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa)  ·  Contains:  M 101  ·  NGC 5457  ·  NGC 5461  ·  NGC 5477
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in LHaRGB, Luc Germain
M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in LHaRGB
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in LHaRGB

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in LHaRGB, Luc Germain
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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in LHaRGB

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The Pinwheel Galaxy M101 in constellation Ursa Major is a face on spiral galaxy about 21 million light-years from earth. It is a large galaxy with about a trillion stars. It contains many large HII regions, many of which can be seen on the photo.

This photo is a LHaRGB composition, made from 148 frames totaling 5h14m of exposition.

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M101 Pinwheel Galaxy in LHaRGB, Luc Germain