Astronomy Picture Of The Day: The Magnetic Field of the Whirlpool Galaxy

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The Magnetic Field of the Whirlpool Galaxy Image Credit: NASA, SOFIA, HAWC+, Alejandro S. Borlaff; JPL-Caltech, ESA, Hubble; Our face-on view of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) allows a spectacularly clear view of the spiral wave pattern in a disk-shaped galaxy.