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Pinwheel Galaxy close-up 6 (Messier 101 , Pinwheel Galaxy) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Pinwheel Galaxy close-up 6

February 28, 2006 · ESA/Hubble · Messier 101 , Pinwheel Galaxy · Ursa Major

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Two distant galaxies behind Messier 101 and a collection of individual foreground stars from one of its spiral arms.

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