Flyby of The Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici | Space Telescope Science Institute FriendsofNASA.org: The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51, is one of the nearest and best examples of a grand design spiral galaxy. Located about 25 million light-years away, the face-on galaxy exposes the full details of its swirling structures of stars, gas, and dust. The striking symmetry of its spiral pattern may be due to a gravitational interaction with a companion dwarf galaxy, NGC 5195, not includ

Messier 63, también conocida como la Galaxia del Girasol, es una deslumbrante espiral ubicada a unos 27 millones de años luz de nosotros, en la constelación de los Perros de Caza (Canes Venatici). Su nombre proviene del patrón brillante y curvado de sus brazos, que recuerdan los pétalos de un girasol extendiéndose hacia el Sol. Con un diámetro aproximado de 100 mil años luz, M63 es casi tan grande como nuestra propia Vía Láctea. Forma parte del Grupo M51, junto con la famosa Galaxia del Remolino

Pan of Spiral Galaxy Messier 90: Best View Yet | Hubble Space Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: This striking spiral galaxy is Messier 90 (M90, also NGC 4569), located in the constellation Virgo. In 2019, an image of M90 was released using data from the older Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2—data taken in 1994 soon after the camera’s installation. That image has a distinctive stair-step pattern due to the layout of WFPC2’s sensors. WFPC2 was replaced in 2010 by the Wide Field Camera 3, and Hubble us