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  ·  NGC 5477  ·  Pinwheel galaxy
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Insight Observatory
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Insight Observatory
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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy

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The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

Image data acquired by Muir Evenden and processed by Utkarsh Mishra and Michael Petrasko from Insight Observatory's Astronomical Telescope for Educational Outreach remote telescope ATEO-1.

Image set can be subscribed to and downloaded from Insight Observatory's "Starbase" image set repository.

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M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy, Insight Observatory