Messier 101 - The Pinwheel Galaxy
Mark_H
06/23/2025 5:23 PM
Messier 101 is one of the last objects cataloged by Charles Messier. In the area of Ursa Major (The Big Dipper) M101 is about 170,000 light years across, making it about twice the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy.
M101 contains over 1 trillion stars and is located about 25 million light years from earth.
This image was taken in June with a 130mm refractor telescope and dedicated astrophotography camera.
