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, Jeff Coldrey
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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It's been miserably wet and wintery in Melbourne over recent weeks, so I have decided to download and processed some northern hemisphere data kindly shared by Jim Misti (http://www.mistisoftware.com/astronomy/). Not visible from my location, the M51 interating galaxies lie 23 million light years from Earth and are about 76% the size of the Milky Way.

Thanks for looking!.

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Jeff Coldrey