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    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...
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  • Messier 102 (also known as M102) is a galaxy listed in the Messier Catalogue that cannot be unambiguously identified. Its original discoverer Pierre Méchain...
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    The Messier objects are a set of 110 astronomical objects catalogued by the French astronomer Charles Messier in his Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des Amas...
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  • the atomic number of mendelevium, an actinide. In astronomy it is the Messier designation given to the Pinwheel Galaxy in Ursa Major. According to Books...
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    April 2010. "Messier 103". Universe Today. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2010. "Messier 103". Perez Media. Retrieved 14 April 2010. "Messier 103". Perez...
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    Garner, Rob (2017-10-06). "Messier 51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy)". NASA. Retrieved 2021-01-20. "M 51". Messier Objects 101.com. 2016-10-10. Archived from...
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  • Messier 101, a galaxy referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy Messier 83, a galaxy referred to as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33)...
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    (HII region) located in Messier 101 (the Pinwheel Galaxy) towards the constellation Ursa Major. Eight other regions of Messier 101 are listed in the New...
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    adapted. List of Messier objects Wikimedia Commons has media related to Messier 74. NGC 3184 – a similar face-on spiral galaxy Messier 101 – a similar face-on...
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    Triangulum Galaxy (redirect from Messier 33)
    for astronomical objects and indicates that Pinwheel Galaxy refers to Messier 101, which several amateur astronomy resources including public outreach...
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