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M51 — Whirlpool Galaxy (close crop) · M51

Tighter crop centred on the interacting pair — the well-defined grand-design spiral of M51 (NGC 5194) sweeping into its smaller companion NGC 5195.

Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) and NGC 5195 in Canes Venatici — interacting spiral pair from Plau am See on 28 Dec 2025
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TargetM51
TypeGalaxy
RA13h 29m 52.7s
Dec+47° 11′ 43″
Captured2025-12-28
Integration~2 h
Frames~120 min on target (02:16–04:31 local)
FiltersNone — bare OSC broadband
Gain100
SiteKlebe, Plau am See, Mecklenburg
BortleBortle 3

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Messier 51 (Whirlpool Galaxy) and NGC 5195 in Canes Venatici — interacting spiral pair from Plau am See on 28 Dec 2025
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