A large face on spiral galaxy

The Pinwheel Galaxy M101, about 21 million light years away. On the left edge above center is a companion dwarf galaxy, NGC 5477.
#astrophotography #seestar #m101 #ngc5477

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. 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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