The whirlpool galaxy

The whirlpool galaxy

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has returned the most detailed images ever of supernova 1994I which is in the 'Whirlpool Galaxy' (M51) located 20 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Credit:

Robert P. Kirshner/Harvard-Smithsonian Center forAstrophysics, NASA/ESA

Usage of ESA/Hubble Images and Videos
Are you a journalist? Subscribe to the ESA/Hubble Media Newsletter.

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo9420a
Type:Observation
Release date:19 May 1994, 06:00
Size:652 x 530 px

About the Object

Name:IRAS 13277+4727, M 51, Messier 51, NGC 5194, Whirlpool Galaxy
Type:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova
Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distance:25 million light years
Constellation:Canes Venatici
Category:Galaxies

Image Formats

r.titleFullsize Original
359.7 KB
r.titleLarge JPEG
149.2 KB
r.titleScreensize JPEG
239.3 KB

Coordinates

Position (RA):13 29 52.62
Position (Dec):47° 11' 54.17"
Field of view:1.35 x 1.10 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 18.7° right of vertical
View in ESASky:
ESASky
View in WorldWide Telescope:
View in WorldWide Telescope

Colours & filters

BandWavelengthTelescope
Ultraviolet
Mid-UV		255 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Ultraviolet
Near-UV		336 nm Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2
Privacy policy Website developed and operated by Enciso Systems Accelerated by CDN77