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    The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on, unbarred, and counterclockwise spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years...
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    Messier 83 or M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy and NGC 5236, is a barred spiral galaxy approximately 15 million light-years away in the...
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  • Pinwheel Galaxy may refer to: Messier 101, a galaxy referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy Messier 83, a galaxy referred to as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy...
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    objects Messier 83 - a similar face-on spiral galaxy Pinwheel Galaxy - a similar face-on spiral galaxy "The Schulman Telescope". www.as.arizona.edu. Retrieved...
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    The galaxy gets its name from the constellation Triangulum, where it can be spotted. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Pinwheel Galaxy" by...
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    NGC 3184, the Little Pinwheel Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Its name comes from...
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  • pages with titles beginning with Pinwheel All pages with titles containing Pinwheel Pinwheel Galaxy (disambiguation) Pinwheel escapement (disambiguation) This...
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    SN 2023ixf is a type II-L (core collapse) supernova located in the Pinwheel Galaxy. It was first observed on 19 May 2023 by Kōichi Itagaki and immediately...
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  • following is a list of notable galaxies. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list), on the order...
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    group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. The group is named after the brightest galaxy in the group, the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101). Most...
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    explain why many barred spiral galaxies have active galactic nuclei, such as that seen in the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. Bars are thought to be temporary...
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  • 10,000 Maniacs, John & Mary began work on a new album in 2001. The Pinwheel Galaxy was released in December 2002 and the duo began a ten date national...
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    NGC 300 (also known as Caldwell 70 or the Sculptor Pinwheel Galaxy) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered on 5 August 1826...
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    suspected. Andromeda Galaxy – Barred spiral galaxy in the Local Group Milky Way – Galaxy containing the Solar System Pinwheel Galaxy – Galaxy in the constellation...
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    had claimed he had observed the Pinwheel Galaxy rotating, and that if the Pinwheel Galaxy were in fact a distinct galaxy and could be observed to be rotating...
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    ripples spreading on water. For example, galaxy NGC 3923 has over 20 shells. Spiral galaxies resemble spiraling pinwheels. Though the stars and other visible...
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    NGC 5474 (category Spiral galaxy stubs)
    dwarf galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is one of several companion galaxies of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101), a grand-design spiral galaxy. Among...
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    discovered in 1781 by Pierre Méchain. M101, also called the Pinwheel Galaxy, is a face-on spiral galaxy located 25 million light-years from Earth. It was discovered...
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    and nebulae to galaxies. For example, Messier 1 is a supernova remnant, known as the Crab Nebula, and the great spiral Andromeda Galaxy is M31. Further...
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  • actinide. In astronomy it is the Messier designation given to the Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major. According to Books in Print, more books are now published...
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    nights of 22 and 23 August 2011. It was located in Messier 101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, 21 million light years from Earth. It was observed by the PTF survey...
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    within the Centaurus A/M83 Group, a nearby group of galaxies. Messier 83 (the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy) is at the center of the other subgroup. These two...
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    5461 is an emission nebula (HII region) located in Messier 101 (the Pinwheel Galaxy) towards the constellation Ursa Major. Eight other regions of Messier...
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    Pinwheel Galaxy in stray light Original shot: lower edge Alkaid, right of center the double star Mizar with Alcor and right edge Alioth; the Pinwheel...
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    following the death of guitarist Rob Buck, John & Mary released The Pinwheel Galaxy (2003). With their current band the Valkyries, they released Peace...
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    following the death of guitarist Rob Buck, John & Mary released The Pinwheel Galaxy and then Peace Bridge (2007) under the name John & Mary and the Valkyries...
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  • A spiral galaxy is a type of galaxy characterized by a central bulge of old Population II stars surrounded by a rotating disc of younger Population I stars...
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    Hydra contains three Messier objects. M83, also known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy, is located on the border of Hydra and Centaurus, M68 is a globular...
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    automated survey discovered a new Type Ia supernova (SN 2011fe) in the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) shortly after it burst into existence. Being only 21 million...
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    Isabel vs. the Whirlpool Galaxy (25 September 2003) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Typhoon Rammasun vs. the Pinwheel Galaxy (17 May 2008) SpiralZoom...
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