Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5173  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 and friends, Anders Johannesson
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M51 and friends

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M51 and friends

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In this rather large field the Whirlpool galaxy (M51) is surrounded by quite a few other galaxies. They are all further away than the 28 million lightyears distance to M51. The galaxy to the right is NGC5798. It is located about 116 million light years from Earth.

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M51 and friends, Anders Johannesson

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