Edward Henry (AstroEd) 7/27/2014 2:01:20 AM Images taken with Lodestar guide cam and Lodestar Live 0.9 The Whirlpool Galaxy is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy with a Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus in the constellation Canes Venatici. Distance to Earth: 23,160,000 light years Apparent mass: ~160 billion M☉ Magnitude: 8.4 Absolute magnitude: 8.4 Constellation: Canes Venatici
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