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Table 1.

Basic properties of M 101.

Name M 101
Alternative names NGC 5457
RA (J2000) 14h03m12 . s $ \overset{\text{ s}}{.} $5
Dec (J2000) +54°20′56″
Morphology SAB(rs)cd (a)
Apparent size 40′ (b)
Distance 6.644 ± 0.087 Mpc (c)
Position angle 36°(d)
Inclination angle 26°(d)
Scaling 1″ ↔ 32.21 pc

Notes.

(b)

Vorontsov-Vel’Yaminov & Arkhipova (1962)

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