Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  HD117815  ·  HD118019  ·  IC 4263  ·  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5169  ·  NGC 5173  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  NGC 5198  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51a - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Astrocliffs
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M51a - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51a - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a and NGC 5194, is an interacting spiral galaxy with the smaller M51B or NGC 5195 galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici. It is estimated to be 23 million light-years away from Earth.

This was my second attempt at imaging this galaxy. The first one had extreme walking noise on all the light frames captured.

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M51a - The Whirlpool Galaxy, Astrocliffs