Sparkling Whirlpool Galaxy
by Paul Fearn
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Sparkling Whirlpool Galaxy
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Paul Fearn
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The galaxy is officially named Messier 51 (M51) or NGC 5194, but often goes by its nickname of the "Whirlpool Galaxy." Like the Milky Way, the Whirlpool is a spiral galaxy with spectacular arms of stars and dust. M51 is located about 30 million light years from Earth, and its face-on orientation to Earth gives us a perspective that we can never get of our own spiral galactic home.
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June 27th, 2014
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