Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  PGC 2292105  ·  PGC 2294282  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 And Its Justifiable Replacement, Lilith Gaither
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M51 And Its Justifiable Replacement

M51 And Its Justifiable Replacement, Lilith Gaither
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M51 And Its Justifiable Replacement

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A grand design spiral interacting galaxy 25 million light years away in Canes Venatici. The galaxy gets the beautiful spiral structure from the companion, NGC 5195, which likely passed through its disk 500-600 million years ago. The magnitude +8.4 galaxy has an estimated diameter of 60,000 light years.

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M51 And Its Justifiable Replacement, Lilith Gaither