Image taken from the NTU telescope

This image shows the spiral galaxy M61, which is 52.5 million light years away from Earth. This galaxy is one of the larger members of the 'Virgo Cluster', a very large group of galaxies that are close together. Due to its large distance, it appears to be much smaller than other galaxies, such as M101 also in our gallery.

This image was taken by the NTU 0.5m telescope on the 17 June, 2009. It is a combination of 6 images in the V band (green) with a total exposure time of 9 minutes.

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