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<p> an entry from <a href="http://www.alpheratz.net/observing/"><i>Marc Murison's Amateur Astronomy Weblog</i></a>:<br> <b>M51 on June 1 and 12, 2004</b> <p> <a href='javascript:ImageWindow("http://www.alpheratz.net/images/observing/M51--2-nights-combined.jpg",595,495,"external")'><img src="http://www.alpheratz.net/images/observing/M51--2-nights-combined_thumb.jpg" width="150" height="125" align="left" style="margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;" border="0" alt="" name=""></a> <a href="http://www.seds.org/messier/m/m051.html" class="outlink" target="_blank">M51</a> 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 (<a href="http://www.seds.org/~spider/ngc/ngc.cgi?ngc+5195" class="outlink" target="_blank">NGC 5195</a>) just to M51's north. <br clear="all">

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