M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy | The Sky Tonight

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M101. Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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Object ID: M101

Object type: Galaxy

Galaxy type: Spiral

Messier: M101

NGC: 5457

Constellation: UMa

Distance (LY): 2 x 10⁷

Magnitude: 7.90

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SEDs Observation History: M101

Starts with a Bang: M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy

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