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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2022 June 13   
      
                       M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble   
       Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing & Copyright: Bernard   
                                      Miller   
      
      Explanation: The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only   
      30 million light years distant and fully 60 thousand light years   
      across, M51, also known as NGC 5194, is one of the brightest and most   
      picturesque galaxies on the sky. The featured image is a digital   
      combination of images taken in different colors by the Earth-orbiting   
      Hubble Space Telescope, highlighting many sharp features. Anyone with a   
      good pair of binoculars, however, can see this Whirlpool toward the   
      constellation of the Hunting Dogs (Canes Venatici). M51 is a spiral   
      galaxy of type Sc and is the dominant member of a whole group of   
      galaxies. Astronomers speculate that M51's spiral structure is   
      primarily due to its gravitational interaction with the smaller galaxy   
      on the image left.   
      
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