Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD116475  ·  HD116957  ·  HD117403  ·  HD117815  ·  HD118019  ·  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5173  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  NGC 5229  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interactinggrand-designspiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2active galactic nucleus.It lies in the constellationCanes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.=10.5px It is about 31 million light-years away from Earth and 76,900 ly in diameter. -Wikipedia

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, Donna26