Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 (The Whirpool Galaxy), NGC5195, IC4263, IC4278, IC4282 and many other galaxies, kmachhi
M51 (The Whirpool Galaxy), NGC5195, IC4263, IC4278, IC4282 and many other galaxies
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M51 (The Whirpool Galaxy), NGC5195, IC4263, IC4278, IC4282 and many other galaxies

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M51 (The Whirpool Galaxy), NGC5195, IC4263, IC4278, IC4282 and many other galaxies, kmachhi
M51 (The Whirpool Galaxy), NGC5195, IC4263, IC4278, IC4282 and many other galaxies
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M51 (The Whirpool Galaxy), NGC5195, IC4263, IC4278, IC4282 and many other galaxies

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M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy, is about 31M LY away. It is a beautiful face on galaxy with well defined arms with active star formation. NGC5195 which is a smaller galaxy is passing behind M51 and the two are interacting. There are several more distant galaxies in the image

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M51 (The Whirpool Galaxy), NGC5195, IC4263, IC4278, IC4282 and many other galaxies, kmachhi