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| ITEM REFERENCE | 1926 |
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| EXTACCESS | yes |
| COLLECTION | Image archive |
| TITLE | M51 |
| KEYWORDS | Galaxies;Galaxies;Messier |
| DATE | 2009-07-01 |
| DESCRIPTION | ACAM first-light image of spiral galaxy Messier 51. This is a composite of images through several different filters, with red colour highlighting regions where new stars are forming. The circular field of view is 8 arcmin across (about one quarter the angular diameter of the moon). M51 galaxy, known as The Whirlpool Galaxy, is a bright spiral galaxy fairly close to us (7.5 Megaparsecs = 25 million light years). To the north of M51, at the bottom of the picture, is a companion galaxy which is being disrupted by the gravitational tidal forces of the main galaxy. |
| CREDIT | Pablo Rodriguez-Gil, Chris Benn, Andrew Cardwell. |
| TELESCOPE | WHT |
| INSTRUMENT | ACAM |
| THUMB_75 | 
https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/science/m51ss.jpg |
| AVAILABLE FILES | JPG (3.2M) 2104×2126 pixels |
| TIMESTAMP | 2024-08-30 15:44:06 |
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