Web Analytics Made Easy - StatCounter

Messier 101 Or Pinwheel Galaxy In The Constellation Ursa Major Taken With Ccd Camera And Medium Focal Length Telescope. The Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101, M101 Or Ngc 5457) Is A Face-On Spiral Galaxy Distanced 21 Million Light-Years Away In The Constellation Ursa Major. M101 Is A Large Galaxy With A Diameter Of 170,000 Light-Years. It Has A Disk Mass On The Order Of 100 Billion Solar Masses, Along With A Small Central Bulge Of About 3 Billion Solar Masses. Its Apparent Dimension Is 28.8' × 26.9', Very Large, Nearly The Size Of The Full Moon.

ID 70633903 © Tragoolchitr | Megapixl.com

Not to be used in commercial
designs and/or advertisements.
Click here for terms and conditions.
Messier 101 or Pinwheel galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major taken with CCD camera and medium focal length telescope. The Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. M101 is a large galaxy with a diameter of 170,000 light-years. It has a disk mass on the order of 100 billion solar masses, along with a small central bulge of about 3 billion solar masses. Its apparent dimension is 28.8' × 26.9', very large, nearly the size of the full moon.

extended licenses

I-EL W-EL P-EL U-EL
Your image is downloading.

Sharing is not just caring, it's also about giving credit - add this image to your page and give credit to the talented photographer who captured it.:

More images on Dreamstime

More images by the same author