Messier 101 Galaxy
Artwork
Medium:
Digital Photograph
Dimensions:
Artworks -
Height: 16 in
Width: 16 in
Historical Context:
The galaxy Messier 101 is a swirling spiral of stars, gas, and dust. Messier 101 is nearly twice as wide as our Milky Way galaxy. Spitzer's view, taken in infrared light, reveals the galaxy's delicate dust lanes as yellow-green filaments.