M 63 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici

Sunflower Galaxy

Also known as NGC 5055 · PGC 46153 · UGC 8334

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Position (J2000)

13h 15m 49s · +42° 01′ 45″

Discovered

by Pierre Méchain in 1779

Pictures

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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.