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51 (Number)51 is the natural number following 50 and preceding 52. In mathematics Fifty-one is a pentagonal number as well as a centered pentagonal number (one of the few numbers to be both) and an 18-gonal number. It is also the 6th Motzkin number, telling the number of ways to draw non-intersecting chords between any six points on a circle's boundary, no matter where the points may be located on the boundary. In science In astronomy, - Messier object M51, a magnitude 8.0 spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy
- The New General Catalogue object NGC 51, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Andromeda
- The Saros number of the solar eclipse series which began on -1407 September 2 and ended on 108 February 29. The duration of Saros series 51 was 1514.5 years, and it contained 85 solar eclipses.
- The Saros number of the lunar eclipse series which began on -1105 June 13 and ended on 211 August 12. The duration of Saros series 51 was 1316.2 years, and it contained 74 lunar eclipses.
In other fields Fifty-one is also: - the code for international direct dial phone calls to Peru.
- the model number of the P-51 Mustang WWII fighter aircraft
- part of the title of a collection of stories by Lord Dunsany, Fifty-One Tales.
- Area 51, a parcel of U.S. military-controlled land in southern Nevada, apparently containing a secret aircraft testing facility.
- The year AD 51, 51 BC, and 1951.
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