Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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Description: M51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51 and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be 31 million light-years away from Earth. Feb 2021, CFF-185 APO & ASI 6200 MC camera + TEC-140 & SBIG STL 11000 Camera. 69 x 300 Sec. Location: “Eye in the Sky” Telescope hosting, Raspay, Spain. (c) Andre van Zegveld, febr 2021

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