Whirlpool Galaxy
. Sometimes M51 is used to refer to the pair of galaxies, in which case the individual galaxies may be referred to as M51A (NGC 5194) and M51B (NGC 5195).
Sketch of the Whirlpool Galaxy by Lord Rosse in 1845 ...
Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici was discovered by Messier in Oct. 1773. This pair of interacting galaxies 15 million ly away consists of a beautiful spiral NGC5194 and an iregularly shaped (disrupted) NGC5195.
Whirlpool Galaxy
A spiral galaxy (M51, NGC 5194) of type Sc in Canes Venatici.
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The Whirlpool Galaxy, a stunning spiral in the constellation canes venatici. [C95]
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The Whirlpool Galaxy is an interacting grand-designspiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici.
2. d. {Whirlpool Galaxy} It looks like a whirlpool in the ocean or water going down a drain.
3. a. {Polar Ring Galaxy} It contains an inner central disk of old stars and an outer ring of younger stars giving it the appearance of a ring on a ringer.
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy
Description: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Canes Venatici
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The famous Whirlpool Galaxy M51 (NGC 5194-5) is a bright spiral galaxy.
This is the Whirlpool Galaxy M51 and was one of Messier's original discoveries. He discovered it on October 13, 1773, when observing a comet.
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Another image of the Whirlpool Galaxy.
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Sketch of the Whirlpool Galaxy by Lord Rosse in 1845
In the 10th century, the Persian astronomer, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (known in the West as Azophi), made the earliest recorded observation of the Andromeda Galaxy, describing it as a "small cloud".
M51 (NGC 5194, Whirlpool Galaxy)
M57 (NGC 6720, Ring Nebula)
M63 (NGC 5055, Sunflower Galaxy)
M64 (NGC 4826, Black Eye Galaxy)
M74 (NGC 628, spiral galaxy)
M76 (NGC 650, Little Dumbbell Nebula)
M80 (NGC 6093, globular cluster) ...
Located in the constellation of Canes Venatici is an exquisite object known as M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy. This was one of Messier's original discoveries. He found it in 1773 while observing a comet.
April's Hubble Heritage image is of NGC 5194, AKA M51, AKA the Whirlpool Galaxy, a face-on spiral galaxy with a companion (companion not visible).
A new supernova has exploded in the famous Whirlpool Galaxy, M51. Discovered independently by French amateur astronomer A Riou and the Palomar Transient Factory on 31 May, ...
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy (spiral galaxy)
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy (spiral galaxy)
M94 (spiral galaxy)
M106 (spiral galaxy) ...
X marks the spot in the core of the Whirlpool Galaxy! The darkest bar may be the dust ring seen edge-on. The jet seen in wider fields of view is perpendicular to the darkest dust ring. The lighter bar may be another disk seen obliquely.
Share A new supernova (exploding star) has been discovered in the famous Whirlpool Galaxy, M51.
The magnificent spiral galaxy is M51, popularly known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, about 10 Mpc from Earth. Its smaller companion is an irregular galaxy that may have drifted past M51 millions of years ago.
M51 (NGC 5194) or The Whirlpool Galaxy is the finest galaxy in Canes Venatici.
This spiral, found just southwest from the tip of the Big Dipper's handle, was the first spiral galaxy to be discovered (in 1845 by Lord Ross at his castle in Ireland).
This is known as M51, or the Whirlpool galaxy. The Whirlpool, as it is known, is dimmer than M101, shining at magnitude 8.4. This is a circumpolar object, meaning it never sets, and is visible year round.
Dark dust lanes and bright HII regions in the spiral arms of M51, the Whirlpool Galaxy.
Until the early 20th century, most astronomers believed that objects like the Whirlpool Galaxy were just one more form of nebula that were within our own Galaxy.
 See also: Galaxy, Galaxies, M51, Spiral Galaxy, Light
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