6. The Pinwheel Galaxy (M101;NGC 5457) Apparent Magnitude 7.7
The Pinwheel galaxy, the next one on our list of easiest galaxies to see with telescope or binoculars is an extremely large galaxy with a diameter that is nearly the double of our Milky Way Galaxy, it is located in Ursa Major constellation, 22 million light-years away from the Earth. Four supernovas have been recorded in M101. Because it’s so large and face-on, ideal observational conditions are necessary, so that it can be seen through binoculars as a large dim patch of light.
