Map of the Universe

Pinwheel Galaxy

Galaxy · Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

Open in the map →

Pinwheel Galaxy
Picture: Credit:, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

About the Pinwheel Galaxy

The Pinwheel Galaxy is about 21.85 million light-years from the Sun, so the light we see from it left about 21.85 million years ago.

The map lists it as a galaxy and shows it at the scale of the Milky Way and the Local Group, drawn on the plane of the Milky Way.

Its distance or nature is debated, and the map shows one published value.

Distance 6.4–6.9 Mpc depending on the calibration.

Key numbers

Distance21.85 million light-years (6.70 Mpc)
Distance methodredshift-independent (literature)
Supergalactic coordinatesSGL 63.6°, SGB +22.6°

Where it is

Its place in the universe, from the inside out: Virgo Supercluster › Laniakea Supercluster › Observable universe.

Zoom out to see it in context: Council of Giants, a view about 36 million light-years across.

From Wikipedia

The Pinwheel Galaxy is a face-on, counterclockwise intermediate spiral galaxy located 21 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Pinwheel Galaxy, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nearby on the map