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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/NGC 5457

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Original - Galaxy Messier 101 (abbreviated M101, also known as NGC 5457 and the Pinwheel Galaxy) lies in the northern circumpolar constellation, Ursa Major (The Great Bear), at a distance of 25 million light-years from Earth.
Reason
My third nomination for Hubble images, I think that this one will be most successful. This is obviously another excellent Hubble image. Listed at several users "favorite images pages", this image has become one the most excellent images around. After all, it has high quality, exceeds the size guidelines by a lot, and has a very nice wow factor. This had a nomination back in 2006, but I think that this excellent image should be given another chance.
Articles this image appears in
Galaxy formation and evolution, Hubble sequence, Spiral galaxy, Pinwheel Galaxy, Astrophysics Data System, List of Messier objects, Messier 102, M101 Group, List of spiral galaxies
Creator
Hubble Telescope
It's not enough to go to the image page, you must watch it full size - then you'll note the fuzzy, diagonal bands... --Janke | Talk 18:26, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted . --John254 00:02, 30 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]