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Spiral galaxy M61 in Virgo

author: R.Gendler/Novapix

reference: a-gax43-03005

Image Size 300 DPI: 20 * 14 cm

The SABbc spiral galaxy M61 is one of the larger galaxies in the Virgo cluster, with a dimension some 100 000 light-years (6 arc minutes) across, comparable to the size of our own Galaxy.

Keywords for this photo:

2010 - ASTRONOMY - GALAXY - M61 - NGC 4303 - SPIRAL GALAXY - STAR - VIRGO - VIRGO CLUSTER -