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Hubble Legacy Archive Data Set of the Whirlpool Galaxy processed by contributor, Jim DeLillo

Hubble Legacy Archive Data Set of the Whirlpool Galaxy processed by contributor

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Hubble Legacy Archive Data Set of the Whirlpool Galaxy processed by contributor, Jim DeLillo

Hubble Legacy Archive Data Set of the Whirlpool Galaxy processed by contributor

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Hubble Legacy Archive Data Set of the Whirlpool Galaxy processed by contributor

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. Wikipedia

Distance to Earth: 23.16 million light years

Age: 400.3 million years

Radius: 30,000 light years

Distance: 31 Mly

Apparent size (V): 11′.2 × 6′.9

Coordinates: RA 13h 29m 53s | Dec +47° 11′ 43″

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Hubble Legacy Archive Data Set of the Whirlpool Galaxy processed by contributor, Jim DeLillo