M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

Date: Mar 17, 2017 Updated: May 4, 2017 Categories: Deep Sky Galaxies Comments:0

M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, 23 million LY estimated distance, 60’000 LY diameter.

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M51 Whirlpool Galaxy

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