CFHT Astronomy Image Of The Month - December 2018

 
The Whirlpool Galaxy (Messier 51)

  Credits

-  Data obtained using the CFH12K camera on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
-  Image by Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT) & Giovanni Anselmi (Coelum)
-  Minimum credit line: "Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope / Coelum"
-  Copyright © 2018 CFHT