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The whirlpool galaxy (IRAS 13277+4727 , M 51 , Messier 51 , NGC 5194 , Whirlpool Galaxy) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Galaxies

The whirlpool galaxy

May 19, 1994 · ESA/Hubble · IRAS 13277+4727 , M 51 , Messier 51 , NGC 5194 , Whirlpool Galaxy · Canes Venatici

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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.

More Hubble images of IRAS 13277+4727 , M 51 , Messier 51 , NGC 5194 , Whirlpool Galaxy