m51 (RA 13:29:52.7, Dec +47:11:42 FK5 J2000) Galaxy in Pair of Galaxies

DSS image from Wikisky

View maps of the area around m51:

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images of m51 solved by astrometry.net

Finder Charts

30×30° from Your Sky.
10×10′ from the Minnesota Automated Plate Scanner Catalog (if available).

More info

Find recent papers on astro-ph or papers on the Astrophysics Data System (ADS).

Further information about m51 from Simbad

Alternate Output

• XML: https://www.strudel.org.uk/lookUP/xml/?name=m51
• JSONp: https://www.strudel.org.uk/lookUP/json/?name=m51&callback=lk
• AVM microformat: https://www.strudel.org.uk/lookUP/avm/?name=m51

Notes on output formats.