Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 whirlpool galaxy, Dickvantatenhove
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M51 whirlpool galaxy

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M51 whirlpool galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy Galaxy (M51), is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is estimated to be 23-million light-years away.
This picture is a crop  made with the Esprit 150 mm super apo at 808 mm.Total exposure time with LRGBHA filters 20,1 hours . Location  lightpoluted Almere haven , the Netherlands.

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M51 whirlpool galaxy, Dickvantatenhove