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      Wallpaper author:
      Thomas Peter

      17 Mar 2026

      Messier 51

      The Whirlpool Galaxy, M51, is a spiral galaxy located 31 million light-years away. It highlights the attributes of a typical spiral galaxy, including graceful, curving arms, pink star-forming regions, and brilliant blue strands of star clusters.

      Hope ya like it!

      Tom

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      M51

      21 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      SPA-2-CCD

      Messier 51