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      M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy
      Wallpaper author:
      Aditya Luthfi

      04 Jun 2022

      M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy

      M101 or the Pinwheel Galaxy is an Intermediate Spiral Galaxy 21 million light years away from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

      M101 contains a high population of HII regions in an asymmetrical arms. These are caused by the tidal forces of nearby galaxies interacting with M101. Which also triggered strong star formation.


      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M101

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      M101 The Pinwheel Galaxy