Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Whirlpool Galaxy Galaxy is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is estimated to be 23-million light-years away.

M-51 Whirlpool Galaxy by Luca Marinelli cropped mobile wallpaper 1080x2400

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Spiral galaxies provide us with some of the best views in our night sky, and many of the most well known galaxies are actually spirals. They're named as such

Colorful Oil on Canvas Painting of the Whirlpool Galaxy: The Whirlpool Galaxy, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus in the constellation Canes Venatici.." Part of the "Big Bang Collection."