M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
M51 Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. It is 7.22 megaparsecs away and 23.58 kiloparsecs in diameter.
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
Bradford Coast Remote Telescope (OU) CDK17
Camera
FL1 PL09000
Location
Tenerife
Date of observation
15/062024
Filters
LRGB
Processing
Affinity Photo
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