Messier 51: Whirlpool Galaxy | Messier Objects
https://www.messier-objects.com/messier-51-whirlpool-galaxy/
The Whirlpool Galaxy lies 28 million light-years from Earth and has an estimated diameter of 76,000 light-years. Overall the galaxy is about 43% the size of the Milky Way. Its mass is estimated to be 160 billion solar masses, or around 10.3% of the mass of Milky Way Galaxy. A black hole, once thought to be surrounded by a ring of dust, but now believed to be partially occluded by dust instead, exists at the heart of the spiral. A pair of ionization cones extend from t…
DA: 7 PA: 36 MOZ Rank: 47