M101

Pinwheel Galaxy · NGC 5457

Constellation

Ursa Major

Shape

Spiral

Magnitude

7.7

Size

26.9′

Position

14h 03m, +54.3°

Distance

22.7 ± 2.0 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M101

Further info

NASA: Messier 101

NED: M101

SIMBAD: M101

Wikipedia: Pinwheel Galaxy

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M101, NGC 5457 — Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts - Amherst), C. Clark (Space Telescope Science Institute - ESA - JWST), K. Kuntz (The John Hopkins University), and B. Shappee (University of Hawaii) ; Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)