Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4263  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51), Nicholas Gialiris
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51)
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The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51)

The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51), Nicholas Gialiris
The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51)
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The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51)

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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.

It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51), Nicholas Gialiris