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The Pinwheel

M101 · spiral galaxy · Common

The Pinwheel

About 21 million light-years away.

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Observation status: Not observableSpread too thin to show through a city sky (surface brightness 23.8; it needs 22.0).See this week’s vote
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The real thing

Photograph
The Pinwheel, photographed by Hubble Space Telescope
European Space Agency & NASA. Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble); CFHT/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum; G. Jacoby, B. Bohannan, M. Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF · CC BY 4.0
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Record

M101 (NGC 5457)
Object
spiral galaxy
Rarity
Common
RA
14:03:10.80
Dec
+54:20:56.40
DISTANCE
~21 Mly
SIZE
~170,000 ly
SUPERNOVA
2023
Editions issued
0 / 300
Direct price
$3
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