M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - telescope processed image. Unlike most spirals, M101 is lopsided; gravitational tugs from nearby companion galaxies have pulled its spiral arms into a slightly "off-center" shape.

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - unprocessed image. It contains over 3,000 "H II" regions—massive clouds of glowing hydrogen where thousands of hot, blue newborn stars are currently bursting into life.

Last image of the morning for the Dwarf Mini. Here is (again) #M101 #ThePinwheelGalaxy. At the top of the image is #NGC5473 #Galaxy. To the left o M101 is #NGC5477 Galaxy. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - telescope processed image. At roughly 170,000 light-years across, M101 is nearly twice the size of our Milky Way and contains an estimated one trillion stars.

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - unprocessed image. It is a classic "grand design" spiral galaxy, featuring prominent, well-defined arms filled with bright star-forming regions called H II regions.

Decided to let the Dwarf Mini observe #M101 #ThePinwheelGalaxy. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - telescope processed image. It is a "grand design" spiral, featuring perfectly symmetrical, well-defined spiral arms that aren't distorted by nearby cosmic neighbors.

NGC5473 Galaxy / NGC 5477 Galaxy / M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - telescope processed image. Located in Ursa Major, this is a luminous elliptical galaxy known for its smooth, featureless glow and dense stellar core.

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - unprocessed image. M101 is nearly twice the size of the Milky Way, spanning 170,000 light-years and containing at least one trillion stars.

NGC 5473 Galaxy / NGC 5477 Galaxy / M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - unprocessed image. This dwarf irregular galaxy is a small companion to the massive Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and shows scattered areas of star formation.

Last images of the night for the Dwarf Mini and the s50. Here is their view of #M101 #ThePinwheelGalaxy. First in the Dwarf Mini’s observation followed by the s50’s. In the s50’s image you can seen #NGC5473 #Galaxy at the top while #NGC5477 Galaxy is at the […]

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M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - telescope processed image. Spanning 170,000 light-years, it is nearly twice the size of the Milky Way and contains an estimated one trillion stars.

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - unprocessed image. Its "grand design" spiral arms are noticeably lopsided due to gravitational tugs from nearby companion galaxies.

Conditions were not the greatest Friday morning. Still able to get some interesting images. Here is #M101 #ThePinwheelGalaxy. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy - telescope processed image. M101 is the Pinwheel Galaxy, a spectacular, face-on grand design spiral in Ursa Major. It's nearly twice the size of the Milky Way, with bright star-forming regions.

M101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy - unprocessed image. M101 is so huge, its diameter (170,000 light-years) is nearly double the size of our own Milky Way galaxy. It contains a trillion stars.

Continuing with Observations from the Odyssey Pro, here is #M101 - #ThePinwheelGalaxy. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - telescope processed image with Moon and Skylight Filter and enhancement by phone. It's a massive "grand design" spiral galaxy, about twice the diameter of the Milky Way (170,000 light-years across), and hosts over a trillion stars!

M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy - unprocessed image with Moon and Sky Light Filter. The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) is a beautiful, large face-on spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. It's known for its prominent, asymmetrical arms and huge star-forming regions.

Good Wednesday morning. Starting with some images from last night. Decided to go look at #M101 #ThePinwheelGalaxy even though it was to low in the horizon at the time. Sure enough is seems the telescope caught part of the fence were I am currently living […]

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