Messier 61 looks straight into Hubble's camera
Friday, June 21, 2013 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) —The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of nearby spiral galaxy Messier 61, also known as NGC 4303. The galaxy, located only 55 million light-years away from Earth, is roughly the size of the Milky Way, with a diameter of around 100 000 light-years.