noirlab_noao-02269 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
The giant pinwheel galaxy, M101, in the constellation Ursa Major. Of type Sc, and quite similar to our own Galaxy, it is seen almost face-on, showing the spiral arms and the intervening dust lanes (dark filaments) with great clarity in this 1975 image from the Kitt Peak 4-meter Mayall telescope. It is about 15 million light-years away.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02269/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
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