Messier 101 (The Pinwheel Galaxy) - NASA Science
WEBThis stunning view of M101, also known as the Pinwheel galaxy, is one of the largest images Hubble has ever captured of a spiral galaxy. Assembled from 51 exposures taken during various studies over nearly ten years, this infrared and visible-light image measures 16,000 by 12,000 pixels.
Pinwheel Galaxy - Wikipedia
WEBThe Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on, unbarred, and counterclockwise spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years (6.4 megaparsecs) [5] from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.
Spiral Galaxy M101 - NASA
WEBMay 5, 2014 · M101 is a spiral galaxy like our Milky Way, but about 70 percent bigger. It is located about 21 million light years from Earth. X-rays from Chandra reveal the hottest and most energetic areas due to exploded stars, superheated gas, …
The Pinwheel Galaxy - NASA
WEBMay 31, 2012 · This image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as M101, combines data in the infrared, visible, ultraviolet and X-rays from four of NASA’s space-based telescopes. This multi-spectral view shows that both young and old stars are evenly distributed along M101’s tightly-wound spiral arms.
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WEBAbout 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way. M101 was also one of the original spiral nebulae observed by Lord Rosse's large 19th century telescope, the Leviathan of Parsontown.
APOD: 2009 April 14 - M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy
WEBOne result is that M101, also called the Pinwheel Galaxy, has several extremely bright star-forming regions (called HII regions) spread across its spiral arms. M101 is so large that its immense gravity distorts smaller nearby galaxies.
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WEBHubble captured this stunning view of spiral galaxy Messier 101 (M101), which is also called the Pinwheel Galaxy.
WEBThis photograph of M101, nicknamed the Pinwheel Galaxy, showcases a spiral galaxy’s well-known features. A galaxy is a collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
NASA SVS | M101 (Pinwheel Galaxy)
WEBJun 18, 2018 · This animation shows the Messier 101 (Pinwheel) Galaxy, with simulated rotation, in visible, then infrared, then X-ray, and finally all three combined. M101 is a comparable in size to the Milky Way. The disk is 100 billion solar masses, and the central bulge of about 3 billion solar masses.
M 101: The Pinwheel Galaxy - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
WEBJul 21, 2011 · The galaxy, often called the Pinwheel galaxy, was designated object 101 in astronomer Charles Messier's catalog of fuzzy things in the sky that are not comets. Stargazers can find the galaxy with a pair of binoculars in …