My View From Here.....

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a "pinwheel-shaped" spiral galaxy near the end of the handle of the Big Dipper. This galaxy is located roughly 23 million light years from our own Milky Way Galaxy.
The Whirlpool Galaxy is the larger of two galaxies which are interacting with each other, being gravitationally connected.
During an imaging session on the night of Jan. 10 (2016), using a Canon Rebel DSLR camera, mounted on a portable tracking mount, I realized that this galaxy had shown up in some of my images.
Below, is the result of a 60-second photograph and some post-processing to bring out some detail.
I was using a 55mm lens on the camera, so this is a fairly wide-angle view of the sky.
Again....the distance to this galaxy is ~23,000,000 LIGHT YEARS.  1 light year is 6 TRILLION miles...

(click on image for a larger version)