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M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy.
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Uploaded: 08/24/07 10:14 PM GMT
M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy.
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This shot is actually composed of 51 individual Hubble exposures, in addition to elements from images from ground-based photos. The giant spiral disk of stars, dust, and gas is 170,000 light-years across or nearly twice the diameter of our galaxy, the Milky Way. M101 is estimated to contain at least one trillion stars with approximately 100 billion of these stars similar to our Sun in terms of temperature and lifetime. M101 lies in the northern constellation Ursa Major at a distance of 25 million light-years from Earth.
Credit: NASA/Hubble Heritage Archives.
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&trisbert
08/24/07 10:40 PM GMT
I’ve always been impressed by images of M101. I think it looks like a well figured piece of marble, however improbable that might be. It makes terrific wallpaper too.
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So nice picture, the small stars making a swirl are lovely and enhances this pinwheel galaxy shot:D
Like it, very much! :)
Like it, very much! :)
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Outstanding! I will never get my head round how huge these are and the distances involved.
Ian :)
Ian :)
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One of my favorites, good post Phil.
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These distances are so unfathonable to me.... great post Phil.
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Great Photo. Thanks for sharing and stuff.
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