Photographer:
Dspencer0888
Location of Photo:
San Diego Astronomy Association
Date/Time of photo:
4/29/22 and 4/30/22
Equipment:
Stellervue SV102 Access , EQ6r pro, ASI 2600mc pro
Description:
From Wikipedia 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. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is 31 million light-years away from Earth.