... Star Factory Messier 17 . ... Sculpted by stellar winds and radiation, the star factory known as Messier 17 lies some 5,500 light-years away in the nebula-rich constellation Sagittarius. ... In the Center of Spiral Galaxy M61 . ... M61 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the nearby Virgo Cluster of Galaxies. Visible in M61 are a host of features common to spiral galaxies: bright spiral arms, a central bar, dust lanes, and bright knots of stars. ... Jupiters Great Red Spot from Voyager 1 . ...