Galaxy

Sunflower Galaxy

M63 · NGC 5055 · PGC 46153 · UGC 8334

A flocculent spiral with many short, patchy arms rather than two clean ones.

Captures

No captures of this target yet

It is on the list. In the meantime, the gallery has everything that has been shot so far.

Catalogue values from OpenNGC (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

From 51.5°N: best April to May, peaking at 80° at 22:00. Circumpolar - never sets.

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Altitude at 22:00 local time on the 15th of each month. Twilight, moon and weather are your problem.