This spiral galaxy is named M101, but those who live there probably
have a better name for it (after all, we call our galaxy the Milky Way).
The lovely picture is a composite of images taken by the Hubble,
Spitzer, Chandra, and GALEX telescopes and observatories. Yes, four
different image sources! There’s a short overview of how to interpret
the different colors at
Bad Astronomy.
(Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; IR & UV: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Optical: NASA/STScI)
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