The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51 (NGC 5194), is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies 31 million light-years away in Canes Venatici.
This image was taken in LRGBHaOiii over several nights in March.
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M51
John Evans
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