M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy Dazzles Astronomers with Stunning New Image
The Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) has unveiled a breathtaking mosaic of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, assembled from 51 Hubble Space Telescope exposures. This spectacular image, enhanced with ground-based data, reveals the intricate spiral structure and dust lanes of M101, a galaxy almost twice the size of our own Milky Way, located 25 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. With its face-on orientation, M101 offers an unparalleled view into the mysteries of spiral galaxies.
May 16