M51, whose name comes from being the 51st entry in Charles Messier's catalog, is considered to be one of the classic examples of a spiral galaxy. At a distance of about 30 million light years from Earth, it is also one of the brightest spirals in the night sky. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago tags classic beauty M51 charles messier spiral galaxy |
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