Whirlpool Galaxy

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4840.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4840. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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A face-on, spiral galaxy, M51, which derives its name from its bold and clear-cut spiral pattern. Located at a distance of some 20 million light-years in the constellation of Canes Venatici, M51 (also known as NGC 5194), which has two well-defined arms that spiral out from its relatively small central bulge, is a classic example of a `grand design' spiral. It is classified as an Sc galaxy in the ...

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