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Keywords: edge-on spiral, edge-on galaxy, spiral galaxy
![M101 в телескоп Спитцера](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2009/12/30/0001237631/m101_spitzer_c800.preview.jpg)
30.12.2009
Big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is one of the last entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog, but definitely not one of the least. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way Galaxy.
![Туманность Андромеды в инфракрасном свете](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2007/07/22/0001222823/m31-irac_cx38.preview.jpg)
21.07.2007
This wide, detailed Spitzer Space Telescope view features infrared light from dust (red) and old stars (blue) in Andromeda, a massive spiral galaxy a mere 2.5 million light-years away. In fact, with over twice the diameter of our own Milky Way, Andromeda is the largest nearby galaxy.
![Инфракрасная Андромеда](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2006/06/09/0001214426/m31-irac_cx38.preview.jpg)
9.06.2006
This wide, detailed Spitzer Space Telescope view features infrared light from dust (red) and old stars (blue) in Andromeda, a massive spiral galaxy a mere 2.5 million light-years away. In fact, with over twice the diameter of our own Milky Way, Andromeda is the largest nearby galaxy.
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