esahubble_opo0110a April 5th, 2001
Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA )
The Whirlpool galaxy, M51, has been one of the most photogenic galaxies in amateur and professional astronomy. Easily photographed and viewed by smaller telescopes, this celestial beauty is studied extensively in a range of wavelengths by large ground- and space-based observatories. This Hubble composite image shows visible starlight as well as light from the emission of glowing hydrogen, which is associated with the most luminous young stars in the spiral arms.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0110a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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