"Whirlpool Galaxy". Herschel Space Observatory. Cardiff University. June 19, 2009. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
Goodwin, S. P.; Gribbin, J.; Hendry, M. A. (August 1998). "The relative size of the Milky Way". The Observatory. 118: 201–208. Bibcode:1998Obs...118..201G.
"List of Supernovae". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
hathitrust.org
babel.hathitrust.org
Rosse revealed the spiral structure of Whirlpool galaxy (M51) at the 1845 meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Rosse's illustration of M51 was reproduced in J.P. Nichol's book of 1846.
Rosse, Earl of (1846). "On the nebula 25 Herschel, or 61 [should read: 51] of Messier's catalogue". Report of the Fifteenth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; Held at Cambridge in June 1845 § Notices and Abstracts of Miscellaneous Communications to the Sections. Report of the ... Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1833): 4.
"M 51". Messier Objects 101.com. 2016-10-10. Archived from the original on 2016-10-28.
"Whirlpool Galaxy". Herschel Space Observatory. Cardiff University. June 19, 2009. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved October 11, 2018.