Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Rohit Belapurkar
M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy pair with IC 4263. The spiral galaxy, M51a, is interacting with M51b, a dwarf galaxy at its outermost tip. Both galaxies are 31 million light-years away while the barely visible IC 4263, a Barred Spiral Galaxy in top left, is around 129 Mly away.

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M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Rohit Belapurkar