M101, The Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major

20 Frame Mosaic from the Hubble Legacy Archive

Processing by Robert Gendler, To Read about M101 click Here

For a larger image click on image or desired viewing size  1300 X 1113   1600 X 1369   2000 X 1712   3500 X 2995   M101 Core Page (higher resolution images of the Core)

(Processing done using Fits Liberator and PS CS2)

Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, and obtained from the Hubble Legacy Archive, which is a collaboration between the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI/NASA), the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF/ESA) and the Canadian Astronomy Data Centre (CADC/NRC/CSA).

Some H-alpha data and small "fill in" areas were obtained from older ground based data taken in 2007.

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