The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51a) with it's sparkling arms is the first galaxy found to have a spiral structure.
The Whirlpool Galaxy (M51a) with it's sparkling arms is the first galaxy found to have a spiral structure.
Credit:ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Mahdi Zamani (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
Id: | heic0506c |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 25 April 2005, 06:00 |
Related releases: | heic0506 |
Size: | 7095 x 6219 px |
About the Object
Name: | Messier 51 |
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Type: | Unspecified : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Unspecified : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
Distance: | 23 million light years |
Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 13 29 51.58 |
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Position (Dec): | 47° 4' 30.39" |
Field of view: | 119.32 x 104.59 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.9° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical B | 491 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Optical R | 658 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
Optical I | 825 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |