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the whirlpool galaxy |
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Re: the whirlpool galaxy
Hi! Mitali Parashar I will provide you details of Whirlpool Galaxy, so that you can go through it and have idea about it. The Whirlpool Galaxy is an interacting, grand-design, spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus was the first galaxy to be classified as a spiral galaxy which was estimated to be 23 ± 4 million light-years from the Milky Way. Observation data (J2000 epoch) Constellation Canes Venatici Right ascension 13h 29m 52.7s Declination +47° 11′ 43″ Redshift 463 ± 3 km/s Distance 23.000 Mly (7.1 ± 1.2 Mpc) Apparent magnitude (V) 8.4 Characteristics Type SA(s)bc pec Size ~60,000ly in diameter Apparent size (V) 11′.2 × 6′.9 Notable features Interacting with NGC 5195 Other designations Question Mark Galaxy, Rosse's Galaxy, M51a, NGC 5194, UGC 8493, PGC 47404, VV 001a, VV 403, Arp 85, GC 3572. |
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