Galaxy · constellation CVn
M 51
Whirlpool Galaxy
NGC 5194M 51MCG +08-25-012PGC 47404UGC 8493
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 13h 29m 52.7s
- Declination
- +47° 11' 43"
- Size
- 13.7′ × 11.7′
- Position angle
- 163°
- Magnitude
- 8.4 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.90 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SABb
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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