| Name: | Messier 63 |
| Other names: | Sunflower Galaxy |
| Description: | spiral galaxy |
| Ascension: | 13 : 15.8 |
| Declanation: | +42 : 02 |
| Apparent diameter: | 10*6 (arc min) |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 8.6 |
| Distance: | 37 million light years |
| Equipment: | Meade ETX 90+icx424+focred0.66+extra lens |
| Date / Time UTC: | 16 may 2005 1:00 |
| Stacked : | 73 of 315 |
| Exposure time: | 30 seconds |
| Location: | The Hague, The Netherlands |
| Other info: | M63 was the very first discovery of a Deep Sky object by Messier's friend, Pierre Méchain, who caught it up on June 14, 1779. On the same day, Charles Messier included it in his catalog. |
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