Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5173  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 The WhirlPool Galaxy, Elmiko
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M51 The WhirlPool Galaxy

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M51 The WhirlPool Galaxy

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M 51 The WhirlPool Gakaxy is a beautiful spiral galaxy. It is interacting with a much smaller galaxy, actually pulling the smaller galaxy into it's gravitational " WhirlPool"!

Captured on three early mornings waiting to take dawn flats. It was positioned near the meridian... So why not capture it. Cropped to bring it in for a closer look.

Mike

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Description: reduced the background noise a bit. And reduced the two large stars a bit.
Mike

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M51 The WhirlPool Galaxy, Elmiko