Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  IC 4277  ·  IC 4278  ·  M 51  ·  NGC 5194  ·  NGC 5195  ·  Whirlpool Galaxy
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M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy, Harold Soto
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M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy

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M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy

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Amazingly, we have had pretty wonderful weather for the past few days in a row, which is unusual in Florida. During editing, I added numerous masks to bring out the outer dust and increase the contrast between the spirals, Ha cluster and outer bands.

The Whirlpool Galaxy Galaxy (M51), is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is estimated to be 23 million light-years away. M51’s companion galaxy (NGC 5195) is clearly visible in photographs, and even detectable through the telescope eyepiece (with enough aperture). The Whirlpool has a supermassive black hole at its heart, thanks to the merging of M51 with its neighboring galaxy, NGC 5195.

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