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Happy Space Science Saturday!
The Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5194, shown in this image, is located 31 million light-years away. Researchers believe the prominence of its arms are due to its interaction with its companion galaxy, NGC 5195, also seen in this image. It can be spotted with a small telescope and is most visible in May.
#M51 #Messier #NG5194 #NGC5195 #WhirlpoolGalaxy #SpaceExploration #Space #Astronomer #Planets #Stars #Science #Physics #Toronto #YorkUObservatory #AICO #YorkU #SpaceScienceSaturday #Telescope #Astronomy #AllanICarswellObservatory #Research #ScienceOutreach

Oskar Contreras Mar 16

Here is the Odyssey Pro’s observation of #M51 #TheWhirlpoolGalaxy / #NGC5195 #Galaxy. #unistellar #odysseypro #space #astronomy #amateur

Oskar Contreras Mar 6

Good Friday morning. Still have some images to share from yesterday. Next up is the Dwarf Mini’s observation of (from top to bottom) #NGC5195 / #M51 #TheWhirlpoolGalaxy / #IC4263 / #NGC5198 / #NGC5169 #Galaxies. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur

Oskar Contreras Feb 9

Last image for the morning. Here is the Dwarf Mini’s image of #M51 #TheWhirlpoolGalaxy / #NGC5195 #Galaxy. #dwarflabs #dwarfmini #space #astronomy #amateur

Oskar Contreras Feb 3

Wasn’t too happy with an early observation so went to re-observe #NGC5195 #Galaxy / #M51 #TheWhirlpoolGalaxy. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

Oskar Contreras Jan 17

Last image for this morning. Here is #M51 #TheWhirlpoolGalaxy. #seestar #S50 #space #astronomy #amateur

Khurram Wadee ✅Jan 14

#M51: The #WhirlpoolGalaxy
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260114.html

#APOD #Galaxy

earthling Jan 14

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most picturesque galaxies on the sky. The featured deep image is a digital combination of images taken in different colors over 58 hours with a telescope from Lijiang, China.

#astrophotography
#galaxies
#M51
#APOD