Episode 16 of Star Hopping – published January 21st, 2016
In this episode of Star Hopping, we’ll use our star hopping techniques to show you how to find the spiral galaxy Messier 106, the grand design face-on spiral Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, and finally we are amazed by the famous Whirlpool Galaxy, also catalogued as Messier 51.
Constellation:
Ursa Major, Canes Venatici
Deep Sky Objects covered:
M106 – galaxy
M101 – galaxy – Pinwheel Galaxy
M51 – galaxy – Whirlpool Galaxy