Whirlpool and Spiral Galaxies, William Parsons, 1850
Whirlpool galaxy, Messier 51 (figure 1) and Spiral galaxy, Messier 99 (figure 2), from Observations on the Nebulae, by William Parsons, 1850. Parsons (1800-1867) was an Anglo-Irish astronomer who discovered the spiral nature of some nebulas, today known to be spiral galaxies
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