Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 63  ·  NGC 5055  ·  Sunflower galaxy
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M63 - The sunflower galaxy, RononDex
M63 - The sunflower galaxy
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M63 - The sunflower galaxy

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M63 - The sunflower galaxy, RononDex
M63 - The sunflower galaxy
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M63 - The sunflower galaxy

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The M63 galaxy, also called the sunflower galaxy is around 30 million light years away and has a diameter of around 50'000 light years. Special about this galaxy is the relativaly big amount of "knots", where new stars form.

2hours of exposure (LRGB) stacked in PixInsight.

Taken with telescope T18 from iTelescope

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M63 - The sunflower galaxy, RononDex