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M 63 · Sunflower Galaxy

M 63 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici

Sunflower Galaxy

Also known as NGC 5055 · PGC 46153 · UGC 8334

Messier 63
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Type: Galaxy
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Position (J2000): 13h 15m 49s · +42° 01′ 45″
Discovered: by Pierre Méchain in 1779

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 8.61; visual
Size: 11.8′ × 7.2′
Distance: ~29,000,000 ly
Best months: Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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