M51: v centre vodovorota
27.05.2000 | Astronomicheskaya kartinka dnya

V centre M51, spiral'noi galaktiki, nahodyasheisya na rasstoyanii 23 milliona svetovyh let, astronomy obnaruzhili oblast' s vysokoi plotnost'yu molodyh zvezd. Nablyudaemye "plashmya" v sozvezdii Gonchih Psov zakruchivayushiesya dugi spiral'nyh vetvei etoi galaktiki posluzhili osnovaniem nazyvat' ee galaktika Vodovorot.