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Arp 26

Ursa Major
Category: One heavy arm

The Pinwheel Galaxy, M101 has numerous knots and HII-regions along the spiral arms. The arms are somewhat asymmetric, with a much heavier arm to the lower right.

Mag 8.3
Type Sc

Redshift is 0.0008 (241km/s)

Photo: 98-04-25, 12" f/7, 240 sec

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