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M63

Sunflower Galaxy · NGC 5055

Constellation
Canes Venatici
Shape
Spiral
Magnitude
8.6
Size
12.3′
Position
13h 16m, +42.0°
Distance
33.9 ± 8.7 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M63

Further info

NASA: Messier 63

NED: M63

SIMBAD: M63

Wikipedia: Sunflower Galaxy

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M63, NGC 5055
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA