Image:Messier51.jpg

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Description	English: The Whirlpool Galaxy (Spiral Galaxy M51, NGC 5194) is a classic spiral galaxy located in the Canes Venatici constellation. Esperanto: NGC 5194 (Messier 51) estas spirala galaksio en konstelacio Ĉashundoj. 日本語: ハッブル宇宙望遠鏡が撮影した 子持ち銀河　（ 渦巻銀河 M51, NGC 5194）
Source	http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050428.html SOURCE OF 2ND VERSION: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0506a.html also bigger versions up to about 12000x8000 pixel available
Date	January 2005
Author	NASA and European Space Agency
Permission ( Reusing this image)	This file is in the public domain because it was created by the European Space Agency and NASA. Hubble material is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that ESA and NASA is credited as the source of the material. The material was created for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre and for NASA by STScI under Contract NAS5-26555. or .
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:15, 13 April 2008	8,952×6,213 (18.56 MB)	Gorgo	(high-res)
	15:46, 28 September 2006	4,000×2,776 (6.94 MB)	Bricktop	(larger version from http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/publicationjpg/heic0506a.jpg)
	04:57, 10 November 2005	1,280×888 (175 KB)	Rivi	(Bigger version from http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0506a.html)
	15:43, 20 July 2005	800×555 (58 KB)	たまなるたみ	(SOURCE: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050428.html )

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