File:HD 117815 and the Whirlpool Galaxy.jpg

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HD 117815 is shown next to Messier 51, otherwise known as the Whirlpool Galaxy.

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English: Messier 51

Credit: Giuseppe Donatiello & Tim Stone

RA center: 202.481° DEC center: 47.225° Messier 51 also called The Whirlpool Galaxy (NGC 5194) is an interacting spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was the first to be classified as a spiral galaxy. It is estimated to be 23 ± 4 million light-years from us.

HD 117815 is an A5 pulsting variable star.

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Author Giuseppe Donatiello

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