Whirlpool Galaxy

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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.

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Image: S. Beckwith (STScI), Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA), ESA, NASA, Additional Processing: Robert Gendler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.