Whirlpool Galaxy Messier 51
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and 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. Wikipedia
Age: 400.3 million years
Distance to Earth: 23.16 million light years
Radius: 30,000 light years
Coordinates: RA 13h 29m 53s | Dec +47° 11′ 43″
Stars: 100 billion
Whirlpool Galaxy Messier 51
The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a, M51a, and 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. Wikipedia
Age: 400.3 million years
Distance to Earth: 23.16 million light years
Radius: 30,000 light years
Coordinates: RA 13h 29m 53s | Dec +47° 11′ 43″
Stars: 100 billion