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English: Messier 61 looks straight into the camera
In this Hubble image the galaxy is seen face-on as if posing for a photograph, allowing us to study its structure closely. The spiral arms can be seen in stunning detail, swirling inwards to the very centre of the galaxy, where they form a smaller, intensely bright spiral. In the outer regions, these vast arms are sprinkled with bright blue regions where new stars are being formed from hot, dense clouds of gas. Messier 61 is part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, a massive group of galaxies in the constellation of Virgo (the Virgin). Galaxy clusters, or groups of galaxies, are among the biggest structures in the Universe to be held together by gravity alone. The Virgo Cluster contains more than 1300 galaxies and forms the central region of the Local Supercluster, an even bigger gathering of galaxies. The image was taken using data from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 2. Different versions of this image were submitted to the Hubble’s Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestants Gilles Chapdelaine, Luca Limatola, and Robert Gendler. Links Hubble’s Hidden Treasures Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgements: G. Chapdelaine, L. Limatola, and R. Gendler. About the Object Name: M 61, Messier 61 Type: • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Galaxies Images/Videos Distance: 55 million light years Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Infrared I 814 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Optical B 450 nm Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2. |
| Date | Release date: 17 June 2013, 10:00 |
| Source | http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1324a/ http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/potw1324a.tif |
| Author | Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgements: G. Chapdelaine, L. Limatola, and R. Gendler. |
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| current | 23:00, 17 June 2013 |  | 1,497 × 1,477 (4.77 MB) | Fabian RRRR (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description ={{en|1='''Messier 61 looks straight into the camera''' 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-ye... |
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