M 101: The Pinwheel Galaxy
A large spiral galaxy dominates this view from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The galaxy, often called the Pinwheel galaxy, was designated object 101 in astronomer Charles Messier catalog of fuzzy things in the sky that are not comets.
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PIA14403
Date Created
July 21, 2011
Center
JPL
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