M51 – The Whirlpool Galaxy

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September 18, 2015 at 10:37 pm

Gavin James

Marlborough, UK.

Celestron edgeHD 800 with QSI683.

M51, The Whirlpool Galaxy.

2015-03-25T00:00:00

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45 million lightyears from Earth lies NGC 1097, a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Fornax with a beautiful star-bursting nuclear ring surrounding it. This image was captured using the MUSE instrument on the Very Large Telescope operated by the European Souther Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert. Credit: ESO/TIMER Survey

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