Messier object: M101
Common name for Messier object: Pinwheel Galaxy
NGC (New General Catalog) number: NGC 5457
Discription: Spiral Galaxy
Located in constellation: Ursa Major
Right ascension in hours minutes: 14:03.2
Declination in degrees minutes: 54:21

Visual magnitude: 7.9
Size: 22.0 arc minutes
Image size: 55.23 arc minutes high by 40.98 arc minutes wide
Image orientation: North is top, East is left
Detailed discription of M101 in SEDS Messier database
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