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Pinwheel Galaxy
      #1157029 - 04/22/08 05:45 PM

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Messier 101 is a spectacular and nearby spiral galaxy located in Ursa Major, and is also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy. This galaxy is nearly twice the diameter of our own Milky Way Galaxy, and has a less prominent central bulge. The galaxy diameter is about two thirds that of the full moon.

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