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PINWHEEL GALAXY
Pinwheel galaxy. Coloured optical image of the Pinwheel galaxy (M33, NGC 598) in the constellation Triangulum. This spiral galaxy is just under 3 million light years from our Milky Way galaxy, and is a major member of the Local Group of galaxies, which contains the Milky Way. M33 is about 60,000 light years across. It contains many prominent starbirth regions. These huge emission nebulae glow as the hydrogen gas they contain is ionised by radiation from hot young stars within them. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORIES/ SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)
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20020924
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KEYSTONE
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SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY SPL
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NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORIES/ SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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MESSIER 101 (ALSO CALLED NGC 5457, PINWHEEL GALAXY OR FIREWHEEL GALAXY) IS A SPIRAL GALAXY IN THE CONSTELLATION OF THE GREAT BEAR
PMNEO ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY
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THE PINWHEEL GALAXY OR TRIANGULUM GALAXY (M33), TAKEN 26 SEPTEMBER 2014 FROM EASTERN COLORADO. TAKEN WITH DIGITAL FOCUS STACKING.
CHARLIE SUMMERS
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