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Photographer:

KuriousGeorge

Location of Photo:

Julian, CA

Date/Time of photo:

March 29, 30, April 6, 8 2019. 9 PM.

Equipment:

Planewave CDK24 with L600.

Description:

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.[8][7][9] It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. Its distance is estimated to be between 15 and 35 million light-years.

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