Distance from Earth | : | 2100 x 104 Light years |
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Detail | : | These galaxies are in the process of colliding with each other, a process which will take a few billion years. The beginning stages of this collision are that the galaxies will gravitationally distort each other, giving the spiral arms a stretched look. Constellations : Canes Venatici |
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M 51 :Whirlpool Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy)
June 22, 2003
Last updated: February 25, 2021
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