| CarlosEH |
| (Post Laureate) |
| 07/11/08 05:50 PM |
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Re: Binocular Icon 7 : M101, a tenuous face-on galaxy.
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Rony,
An excellent observation and report of M101 (NGC 5457) in Ursa Major. This is an interesting face-on galaxy. Thank you for sharing it with us all.
Links;
http://www.maa.clell.de/Messier/E/m101.html
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2006/10/
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/may/NGC_5474_03.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.skyhound.com/sh/archive/may/NGC_5474.html&h=435&w=433&sz=4&hl=en&start=56&um=1&tbnid=UEeT0hMoG3XKyM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3DM101%2B%252Bgalaxy%2B%252Bchart%26start%3D40%26ndsp%3D20%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
Carlos