NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy with a National Unveiling of Spectacular Images

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The yellow color is Hubble's view in visible light. Most of this light comes from stars, and they trace the same spiral structure as the dust lanes.

Object Names: M101, NGC 4547, The Pinwheel Galaxy

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Kuntz (JHU), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Lab), J. Mould (NOAO), Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana), and STScI

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Montage Image: NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy Image Type: Astronomical/Annotated PRC2009-07a

Spitzer-Hubble-Chandra Composite of M101 Image Type: Astronomical

M101 Composite Image: Spitzer Data (Red Component) Image Type: Astronomical

M101 Composite Image: Chandra Data (Blue Component) Image Type: Astronomical

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