Spitzer-Hubble-Chandra Image of Pinwheel Galaxy - M101 Size:8x10

Spitzer-Hubble-Chandra Image of Pinwheel Galaxy - M101 Size:8x10The Pinwheel Galaxy, also known as Messier 101, is a face on spiral galaxy approximately 22 million light years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. This is a composite image of the spiral galaxy M101 combining views from the Spitzer Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, and Chandra X ray Observatory. The red colors indicate infrared light, yellow is visible, and blue is X ray. In many ways it is similar to own Milky Way galaxy but

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Release Date: Feb 28