Amateur Astrophotography exploring the beauty of the night sky!
Monday, July 20, 2009
Pinwheel Galaxy, M101
A face-on spiral galaxy about 27 million light years from Earth. It is in the constellation Ursa Major (Big Dipper). It is nearly twice as big as our own Milky Way Galaxy.
A face-on spiral galaxy about 27 million light years from Earth. It is in the constellation Ursa Major (Big Dipper). It is nearly twice as big as our own Milky Way Galaxy.
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