Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool galaxy
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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.[8] [7][9] It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.[10] Its distance is estimated to be between 15 and 35 million light-years.[3]

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Description: The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194

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