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M51 on June 1 and 12, 2004

M51 on two nights, June 1 and 12, 2004. Prime focus, IR blocking filter. This is a classic, grand design Sc spiral galaxy. It is interacting gravitationally with the small galaxy (NGC 5195) just to M51's north.