Largest ever galaxy portrait - stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy - space

This new Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best known examples of \"grand design spirals\", and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy ever taken with Hubble.\r\n\r\n\r\nCredit:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nImage: European Space Agency & NASA\r\n\r\nAcknowledgements:\r\n\r\nProject Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana)\r\n\r\nImage processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)\r\n\r\nCFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum\r\n\r\nNOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF\r\n