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M 51

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Right ascension: 13h 29m 52.70s
Declination: +47° 11′ 42.9″
Galactic l, b: 104.85, 68.56
Magnitude V: 8.36
Redshift z: 0.0017445
Radial velocity: 522.54 km/s
Angular size: 9.044′ × 7.784′

Also known as

61 identifiers

1RXS J132953.8+4711432MASX J13295269+47114292XMM J132952.5+4711444C 47.36A6C 132748+4728017C 132735.60+472604.007C 132746.79+472722.007C 132753.10+473032.0087GB 132747.8+472723APG 85APG 85AB3 1327+474CBD+47 2063BWE 1327+4727GB1 1327+475GB6 B1327+4727[H92] 27ILT J132952.71+471143.3IRAS 13277+4727IRAS F13277+4727ISOSS J13299+4714KHG 1-C 5KPG 379aLEDA 47404M 51[M98c] 132746.9+472716NGC 5194PLX 3084PLX 3084.00PSCz Q13277+4727RX J1329.8+4711[T76] 85ATC 827UGC 8493UZC J132952.1+471144VV 1VV 1aVV 403WB 1327+4727WN B1327.8+4727XMMU J132952.9+471140Z 1327.8+4727Z 246-8[CAB95] IRAS F13277+4727[CHM2007] LDC 867 J132952.69+4711429[DML87] 671[LPS2002] 16MCG+08-25-012[NKB95] N5194[OKM2018] SWIFT J1329.9+4719Question Mark Galaxy[SLK2004] 853[VDD93] 187A[VV2000c] J132952.4+471141[VV2003c] J132952.4+471141[VV2006c] J132952.4+471141[VV2010c] J132952.4+471141[VV98c] J132952.7+471143WhirlpoolWhirlpool Galaxy[ZEH2003] RX J1329.8+4711 1

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Object	Type	Separation	V
[DK2003] M51-32	HighMassXBin	18.72″	—
SN 1994I	Supernova	18.73″	12.9
CXOU J132954.1+471130	HighMassXBin	20.73″	—
CXOU J132950.6+471155	Radio	23.95″	—
[TW2004] NGC 5194 24	HighMassXBin	26.71″	—
[DK2003] M51-37	HighMassXBin	27.43″	—
[DK2003] M51-42	HighMassXBin	28.06″	—
CCM 6A	HIIReg	28.7″	—
[BGG2008] 3cl-a	Cluster*	30.43″	18.63
[BGG2008] 3cl-b	Cluster*	30.95″	17.43
[BGG2008] a1	Cluster*	31.92″	17.65

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/m-51 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.