M101-2

The well-known spiral galaxy M101 was imaged by Dr George Jacoby at
the Kitt Peak National Observatory's 0.9-meter telescope, using the
new wide-field imaging system Mosaic. This instrument combines the
pictures from eight separate CCD chips, carefully mounted next to each
other for a total of 8192 pixels square, and can thus image a large
area without sacrificing resolution. M101 (NGC5457) is a type Sc
spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and is quite similar to
our own Galaxy.

Minimum credit line: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark
Hanna/AURA/NOAO/NSF (for details see Copyright Statement)