Image: Messier51 sRGB
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Description: The Whirlpool Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy M51, NGC 5194), a classic spiral galaxy located in the Canes Venatici constellation, and its companion NGC 5195.
Title: Messier51 sRGB
Credit: 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
Author: NASA and European Space Agency
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