File:Messier 51 stellar streams and tidal tails.jpg
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Messier 51 stellar streams and tidal tails + HI emission Credit: SDSS/PanSTARRS-1/Giuseppe Donatiello This is a more ordinary processed version than the previous one with inset. 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. |
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| Author | Giuseppe Donatiello from Oria (Brindisi), Italy |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by gjdonatiello at https://flickr.com/photos/133259498@N05/40754712913 (archive). It was reviewed on 30 July 2019 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-zero. |
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