Whirlpool Galaxy - Wikipedia
WEBThe Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. [6][7][8] It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. [9]
Messier 51 (The Whirlpool Galaxy) - NASA Science
WEBThe Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away. It highlights the attributes of a typical spiral galaxy, including graceful, curving arms, pink star-forming regions, and brilliant blue strands of star clusters.
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) | Pictures, Facts and Location
WEBThe 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. The Whirlpool Galaxy is located at the coordinates RA 13h 29m 53s | Dec +47° 11′ 43″.
Whirlpool Galaxy - Messier 51 (NGC 5194) - Constellation Guide
WEBJan 5, 2014 · The Whirlpool Galaxy is one of the brightest and most famous galaxies in the night sky, notable for its two striking spiral arms that make M51 a grand design galaxy. The spiral arms are really lanes of stars and starburst regions interspersed with dust.
The Whirlpool Galaxy - NASA
WEBFeb 26, 2013 · 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 Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy.
James Webb Space Telescope gazes at the Whirlpool galaxy's …
WEBAug 29, 2023 · A James Webb Space Telescope image of M51 boasts amber hues and reddish streaks, capturing the galaxy's gravitational relationship with a neighboring realm.
The Two-faced Whirlpool Galaxy - NASA Science
WEBJan 13, 2011 · These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically different face-on views of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy.
APOD: 2022 June 13 - M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble
WEBAt 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 image is a digital combination of images taken in different colors by the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope , highlighting many sharp features.
APOD: 2022 September 2 - M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy
WEBIn direct telescopic views, M51 looks faint and fuzzy to the eye. But this remarkably deep image shows off details of the interacting galaxy's striking colors and galactic tidal debris. The image includes nearly 90 hours of narrowband data that also reveals a vast glowing cloud of reddish ionized hydrogen gas discovered in the M51 system.
ESA - Webb captures a cosmic Whirlpool - European Space Agency
WEBAug 29, 2023 · M51 – also known as NGC 5194 or the Whirlpool Galaxy – lies about 27 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici, and is trapped in a tumultuous relationship with its near neighbour, the dwarf galaxy NGC 5195.