M 51 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici

Whirlpool Galaxy

Also known as NGC 5194 · PGC 47404 · UGC 8493

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Position (J2000)

13h 29m 53s · +47° 11′ 43″

Discovered

by Charles Messier in 1773

Pictures

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Magnitude

8.36

visual

Size

13.7′ × 11.7′

Distance

~25,000,000 ly

Best months

Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.