Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, DJ Van Bourgondien
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M 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

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M 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, DJ Van Bourgondien
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M 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy

Revision title: Reprocess of M51 - Whirlpool Galaxy

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This has been a multi-night effort of a target that I've long adored. It is also one that I tried to image VERY early on in my astrophotography journey. Its really amazing sometimes to look back and see how much you've learned and how far things have come. :-) 

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The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51aM51a, and NGC 5194, is an interactinggrand-designspiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellationCanes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is 31 million light-years away from Earth.

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M 51 - The Whirlpool Galaxy, DJ Van Bourgondien