Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
M51, Dick Newell
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M51

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M51

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The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51 or NGC5194) is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. Its distance is estimated to be 23 million light-years from Earth. Its companion galaxy is NGC5195.

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M51, Dick Newell