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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.