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The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy 21 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

 

NGC 5474 is a peculiar dwarf galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is one of several companion galaxies of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101)

(Wikipedia)

 

Timelapse captures of the imaging Telescopes can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/channel/UCZhMRKW8SmRlX8gHKTzMF5Q

 

More Astrophotography at : telescopius.com/profile/k-bahr

 

and on Instagram: www.instagram.com/astrophotography_in_the_north/

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