A colorful image of a spiral galaxy and a smaller companion galaxy. The central region of the spiral galaxy is  bright, pale yellow at the central point, and becomes more diffuse with distance from the center. From this central point, two arms of the galaxy spiral outward. The spiral arms have thick, brown dust lanes at their centers, and blue clusters of stars toward their outer edges. There are pockets of pink star-forming regions spread throughout. One of the two brown dust lanes curves clockwise around the core, ending at the bottom left of the image. The other lane also curves clockwise, ending at the top right of the image. In the upper right of the image, behind the end of the second arm, is a smaller, more compact galaxy. This galaxy is elliptical in shape, with no spiral arms. It is a similar pale yellow as the center of the Whirlpool galaxy. There are several red stars and background galaxies strewn throughout. 
 
Eight points of interest are labeled with a plus symbol inside a black circle. Clicking on each point reveals specific information about that part of the image.