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

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy is 23,000,000 miles away - two interacting galaxies NGC 5195. Two supernovae have been discovered in M 51 so far: SN 1994I and SN 2005cs, The galaxy's bright circular disk has a radius of about 38,000 light-years. It is estimated to contain 160 billion solar masses.

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