# Messier51 sRGB

- By: NASA and European Space Agency
- Date: 2005-01
- Classification: Photograph
- 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
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Messier51_sRGB.jpg)
- Rights: Public domain
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/d/db/Messier51_sRGB.jpg/1920px-Messier51_sRGB.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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