Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Whirlpool Galaxy and NGC 5195

Whirlpool Galaxy and NGC 5195

The Whirlpool Galaxy is an interacting grand-design spiral galaxy located at a distance of approximately 23 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy and its companion NGC 5195 are easily observed by amateur astronomers, and the two galaxies may even be seen with binoculars. The Whirlpool Galaxy is also a popular target for professional astronomers, who study it to further understand galaxy structure and galaxy interactions.

Reason: Hight resolution, very encyclopedic, pleasing to the eye, doesn't suffer from the grain most astronomical images do (dots are stars). Demonstrates multiple points in one picture, Shows galaxy interactions, and two types of galaxies (spiral galaxy and dwarf galaxy).
Articles this image appears in: Logarithmic spiral, H II region, Whirlpool Galaxy, NGC 5195, M51 Group, List of spiral galaxies
Creator: HST/NASA/ESA

Support as nominator I cant' believe this hasn't been nominated before. — Chris H 15:20, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support A "WOW" image, especially in full size. Top enc, too. --Janke | Talk 16:27, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. "Pristine" may come close to describing it. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-05-10 18:45Z
Support, amazing indeed.--Svetovid 18:47, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Wonderful Alvesgaspar 19:17, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wonderfull and amazing, certainly pleasing to the eye! ♠Tom @s Bat 21:12, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support A wonderful, pristine image that wows and amazes me... (per the above) J Are you green? 21:16, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support NASA's done it again…--Here T oHelp 22:32, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Good to go. Cla68 23:50, 10 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support - Since its nomination seems to be on the fence, I just want to say *amazing* and hopefully put it over the top. :) --TotoBaggins 01:52, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support I like agreeing with other users. =) Very encyclopedic. Jumping cheese ^Cont@ct 08:09, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Probably one of the best galaxy images I've seen. Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 08:40, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Simply amazing. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:15, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Not that it needs any more support. Wow. C hris_huh^talk 18:24, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support. Holy cow. Wonderful image. Thanks, Hubble! Amphy 18:44, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
So amazed by this picture's beauty that I give it a Strong Support Booksworm Talk to me! 17:26, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
WOW...Support Not much I can say that hasn't been said already. This image doesn't need my support vote but it is such a great picture that I felt compelled to vote. Wow. Wikipediarul e s 2221 21:45, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support That is a fantastic image. My only reservation would be that it really needs to be viewed at full resolution to appreciate it fully KASanderson 23:03, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Super Strong Support. Brilliant image. Mgiganteus1 18:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Great image. Always nice to see how beautiful the Universe is. S0ulfire84 18:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. A tremendous Hubble space telescope image of M51 one of the most beautiful galaxies that is approximately 23 million light-years away (or 135 Quintillion Miles!) This would make a great featured picture! ▪◦▪≡ЅiREX≡^Talk 08:58, 17 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Very nice. -- Avenue 10:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This is what I call my special AWESOME AWESOME Support. Not only great quality, it gives you a sense of how big our universe is. --Gabycs 20:20, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Wonderful picture --St.daniel ^Talk 23:49, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Messier51.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 10:21, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]