Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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The Whirlpool Galaxy, Ben Hakala
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The Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M 51 the Whirlpool galaxy, 28 million light years away, taken from my driveway.  Similar in size and mass to the Milky Way, it is interesting to think that our galaxy would appear similar to this size (about a quarter the size of the full moon) to anyone on a planet orbiting a star in the Whirlpool galaxy.

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, Ben Hakala