Astrophotography - Whirlpool Galaxy Edges - Hubble Legacy Archive

by Jim DeLillo

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Astrophotography - Whirlpool Galaxy Edges - Hubble Legacy Archive

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Jim DeLillo

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Another image I processed from data available at the
Hubble Legacy Archive
https://hla.stsci.edu/
This is The Whirlpool Galaxy, where the edges of the galaxies are interacting.
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus.[6][5][7] It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy.[8] Its distance is estimated to be 31 million light-years away from Earth.[9]
The galaxy and its companion, NGC 5195,[10] are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may be seen with binoculars.[11] The Whirlpool Galaxy has been extensively observed by professional astronomers, who study it to understand galaxy structure (particularly structure associated with the spiral arms) and galaxy interactions. ~Wikipedia

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February 21st, 2021

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