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You are looking through your telescope at the night sky and you see a pinwheel shaped object what do you think it is?
It is likely a spiral galaxy. Spiral galaxies are characterized by their pinwheel shape and are composed of a central bulge surrounded by spiral arms containing stars, gas, and dust. Examples of spiral galaxies include the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy.
How big is the Pinwheel galaxy?
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101 or NGC 5457) is a face-on spiral galaxy distanced 21 million light-years (six megaparsecs away in the constellation Ursa MajorM101 is a relatively large galaxy compared to the Milky Way. With a diameter of 170,000 light-years it is seventy percent larger than the Milky Way.It has a disk mass on the order of 100 billion solar masses, along with a small bulge of about 3 billion solar masses.
Is there such thing as uriel the third planet of the malak in the spiral nebula messier 101?
Messier 101 or Pinwheel Galaxy is about 23.5 million light years from us. Way too far to see a star, let alone name one. Even less chance of detecting a planet. So Uriel is science fiction.
What is a toy looks like a windmill?
It is called a whirligig by the British and a pinwheel in the US and Canada.
True or false the Milky Way is the only galaxy in the universe?
Our Sun and the planet Earth (Along with all the other planets and other stellar stuff) comprise the Solar System. Our Solar System is part of the Milky Way Galaxy.See related question for our position in the Galaxy
What kind of galaxy is shaped like a disk and ressembles a pinwheel?
A "spiral" galaxy.
What kind of galaxy looks like a pinwheel?
spiral
Which galaxy has a pinwheel shape?
The Pinwheel Galaxy (Messier 101 or NGC 5457)
When was The Pinwheel Galaxy created?
The Pinwheel Galaxy was created on 2003-07-15.
A galaxy that has pinwheel shape?
the pinwheel galaxy is also known as Messier 101 or NGC 5457
What galaxy has a chacteristic of an pinwheel shape?
A spiral galaxy has the shape of a pinwheel. Our solar system is in a spiral galaxy that we call the Milky Way.
What is a galaxy that has a pinwheel shape?
A Spiral Galaxy or a Barred Spiral. These are two of the main types of Galaxies.
What galaxy looks like a spiral galaxy?
It looks similar to a toy pinwheel, with concentrations of stars along curved arms that would be the vanes of the pinwheel. (see the related image link below)
Who discovered the pinwheel galaxy?
Do you want the name of a specific one or just something that sounds more intellectual than "You know, those PINWHEEL shaped ones"? The correct terminology is spiral galaxy. As for an example, the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy.
What is a pinwheel galaxy called with 6 letters?
The "pinwheel" shape is usually called "spiral".
Is the Milky Way known as the Pinwheel arm?
Milky Way and Pinwheel (Messier 101, M101) are two known galaxies. The galaxy that includes the Solar System is the Milky way.
What is the Pinwheel Galaxy?
The Pinwheel Galaxy (also known as Messier 101 or NGC 5457) is about 27 million light years away and can be found in the constellation Ursa Major.See related link for a star map.
