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   Kelly Lepo (kellylepo@astrodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Dec-2023 15:06:14 JST Kelly Lepo

   Today's #Hubble favorite is M51. It's a pair of two interacting galaxies, NGC 5194, the Whirlpool Galaxy, and its companion galaxy NGC 5195. The image was taken to celebrate Hubble's 15th anniversary in 2005.

   The Whirlpool Galaxy is a grand design spiral. Its arms may be so prominent because of a series of close encounters with NGC 5195, the small, yellowish galaxy behind the outermost tip of one of its arms.

   More: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2005/12/1677-Image.html
   #Astronomy #Galaxy #Space