The Great Whirlpool Galaxy

The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus. It lies in the constellation Canes Venatici, and was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy. It is about 31 million light-years (9.5 Mpc) away .

Telescope: Officina Stellare 700 RC
Mount: Officina Stellare equatorial fork mount
Camera: QHY 600M Pro
Filters: Astrodon 2 Gen LRGB filters

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