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Herschel PACS views of spiral galaxy M51


Date: 19 June 2009
Satellite: Herschel
Depicts: PACS images of M51 at three wavelengths
Copyright: ESA and the PACS consortium

Far-infrared image of M 51, the whirlpool galaxy at three different wavelengths (160, 100 and 70 microns) , taken by the Herschel Photoconductor Array Camera and Spectrometer, PACS.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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