Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
Galaxy M51 M51a Whirlpool, Stephen Heliczer FRAS
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Galaxy M51 M51a Whirlpool

Galaxy M51 M51a Whirlpool, Stephen Heliczer FRAS
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Galaxy M51 M51a Whirlpool

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus

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Galaxy M51 M51a Whirlpool, Stephen Heliczer FRAS