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Messier51 sRGB

2005-01

Classification: Photograph
Museum: Wikimedia Commons
Credit line: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050428.html SOURCE OF 2ND VERSION: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0506a/ also bigger versions up to about 12000x8000 pixel available
Rights: Public domain, as the museum states it.
Who can see it: Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

About this work

The Whirlpool Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy M51, NGC 5194), a classic spiral galaxy located in the Canes Venatici constellation, and its companion NGC 5195.