Amateur Astrophotography exploring the beauty of the night sky!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
M51
M51 or what is called the Whirlpool Galaxy. It's a spiral galaxy located about 31 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. You are seeing this object not as it exists today, but as it existed 31 million years ago.
M51 or what is called the Whirlpool Galaxy. It's a spiral galaxy located about 31 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. You are seeing this object not as it exists today, but as it existed 31 million years ago. 
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