Pinwheel Galaxy

common name of

Messier 101

galaxy of

Ursa Major

path on GitHub

https://github.com/davepinch/pinchy.cc/blob/master/content/topics/astronomy/catalogs/names/pinwheel-galaxy/pinwheel-galaxy.md

random

These people have no sense of humor. Wild that a vice presidential candidate would take time out of his “busy schedule” to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist. I love Puerto Rico and vacation there. I made fun of everyone…watch the whole set. I’m a comedian Tim…might be time to change your tampon.

Wikipedia

Pinwheel Galaxy (Wikipedia) The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101, M101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on, unbarred, and counterclockwise spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years (6.4 megaparsecs) from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781 and was communicated that year to Charles Messier, who verified its position for inclusion in the Messier Catalogue as one of its final entries.