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M 51 · Whirlpool Galaxy

M 51 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici

Whirlpool Galaxy

Also known as NGC 5194 · PGC 47404 · UGC 8493

Messier 51
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Type: Galaxy
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Position (J2000): 13h 29m 53s · +47° 11′ 43″
Discovered: by Charles Messier in 1773

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 8.36; visual
Size: 13.7′ × 11.7′
Distance: ~25,000,000 ly
Best months: Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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