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Keywords: spiral galaxy, M 51
![M101 в телескоп Спитцера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/30/0001237631/m101_spitzer_c800.preview.jpg)
30.12.2009
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is one of the last entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog, but definitely not one of the least. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy.
![Туманность Андромеды в инфракрасном свете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/07/22/0001222823/m31-irac_cx38.preview.jpg)
21.07.2007
This wide, detailed Spitzer Space Telescope view features infrared light from dust (red) and old stars (blue) in Andromeda, a massive spiral galaxy a mere 2.5 million light-years away. In fact, with over twice the diameter of our own Milky Way, Andromeda is the largest nearby galaxy.
![Инфракрасная Андромеда](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/06/09/0001214426/m31-irac_cx38.preview.jpg)
9.06.2006
This wide, detailed Spitzer Space Telescope view features infrared light from dust (red) and old stars (blue) in Andromeda, a massive spiral galaxy a mere 2.5 million light-years away. In fact, with over twice the diameter of our own Milky Way, Andromeda is the largest nearby galaxy.
![M51 - галактика Водоворот](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/23/0001179147/m51_hall.preview.gif)
18.12.1995
The Whirlpool Galaxy is frequently given as an example of a galaxy with classic spiral design. At only 15 million light years distant, M51, also cataloged as NGC 5194, is also one of the brighter and more picturesque galaxies on the sky.
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