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    The Whirlpool Galaxy, also known as Messier 51a (M51a) or NGC 5194, is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus...
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    51b or M51b) is a dwarf galaxy that is interacting with the Whirlpool Galaxy (also known as M51a or NGC 5194). Both galaxies are located approximately...
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    Milky Way (redirect from Milky Way galaxy)
    Retrieved January 4, 2007. See: Rosse revealed the spiral structure of Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) at the 1845 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement...
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    the constellation Triangulum Whirlpool Galaxy – Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici Black Eye Galaxy – Spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices...
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  • following is a list of notable galaxies. There are about 51 galaxies in the Local Group (see list of nearest galaxies for a complete list), on the order...
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  • In computer science and cryptography, Whirlpool (sometimes styled WHIRLPOOL) is a cryptographic hash function. It was designed by Vincent Rijmen (co-creator...
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    galaxies List of galaxies List of largest galaxies List of galaxies with richest globular cluster systems List of nearest galaxies List of galaxies named...
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    such as the Andromeda Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, the Whirlpool Galaxy, and the Sombrero Galaxy. Astronomers work with numbers from certain catalogues...
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    spiral galaxy. The Whirlpool Galaxy with its satellite NGC 5195. The Mice Galaxies. This simulation follows the collision of two spiral galaxies that harbour...
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    Hurricane Isabel vs. the Whirlpool Galaxy (25 September 2003) NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Typhoon Rammasun vs. the Pinwheel Galaxy (17 May 2008) SpiralZoom...
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