Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 63  ·  NGC 5055  ·  Sunflower galaxy
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M63– The Sunflower Galaxy and Supernova, Shannon Calvert
M63– The Sunflower Galaxy and Supernova
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M63– The Sunflower Galaxy and Supernova

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M63– The Sunflower Galaxy and Supernova

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I started with the Sombrero Galaxy, but the moon was near that part of the sky, so I found M63 in a darker area. I spent most of my time on this one, but couldn't quite get a decent focus, either from the collimation or maybe poor seeing, but still managed to pull out some nice detail.

This inverted view shows the location of fading supernova SN-2017dfc, disovered almost a month earlier. Interestly, the supernova isn't actually part of M63, but behind it and about 10 times more distant!

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Description: The marked star is supernova SN-2017dfc, discovered on April 9th. I heard about it only recently, but the fading supernova is still visible in this photo I took on May 4th,

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M63– The Sunflower Galaxy and Supernova, Shannon Calvert