The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101) is one of the largest disk galaxies known with a visible diameter of 170,000 light years. This grand-design face-on spiral galaxy
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The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) from Nerpio, Spain
A classic spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici – it is 30 million light years distant and 60 thousand light years across with an estimated mass of 160 billion
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Leo triplet of galaxies
The Leo Triplet is a small group of galaxies about 35 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. This galaxy group consists of the spiral galaxies M65, M66, and