M51 - crop, Florian Drews

M51 - crop

M51 - crop, Florian Drews

M51 - crop

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The Whirlpool Galaxy is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. Recently it was estimated to be 23 ± 4 million light-years from the Milky Way Galaxy, but different methods yield distances between 15 and 35 million ly.

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M51 - crop, Florian Drews