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Photographer:

Ron Haggett

Location of Photo:

Yuma, Arizona, USA

Date/Time of photo:

7 April 2024

Equipment:

William Optics Z81, ZWO ASI183MC

Description:

The 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 and lies in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is 7.22 megaparsecs (23.5 million light-years) away.

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