Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M 51. Whirlpool Galaxy, Juan B. Torre Valle
M 51. Whirlpool Galaxy
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M 51. Whirlpool Galaxy

M 51. Whirlpool Galaxy, Juan B. Torre Valle
M 51. Whirlpool Galaxy
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M 51. 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.

It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be between 15 and 35 million light-years.

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M 51. Whirlpool Galaxy, Juan B. Torre Valle