Spitzer Space Telescope View of Galaxy Messier 101
The galaxy Messier 101 is a swirling spiral of stars, gas, and dust. Messier 101 is nearly twice as wide as our Milky Way galaxy in this image as seen by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope.
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NASA ID
PIA11796
Date Created
February 10, 2009
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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