M 63 and a few friends (Glenn Diekmann)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 63 · NGC 5055 · PGC 166159 · PGC 2183618 · PGC 2184042 · PGC 2184310 · PGC 2184347 · PGC 2184603 · PGC 2185175 · PGC 2185348 · PGC 2186005 · PGC 2186190 · PGC 2186388 · PGC 2186506 · PGC 2186546 · PGC 2186724 · PGC 2187167 · PGC 2189365 · PGC 2189522 · PGC 2189672 · PGC 2189676 · PGC 2189963 · PGC 2191264 · PGC 2191533 · PGC 2191771 · PGC 2191787 · PGC 2191788 · PGC 2192268 · PGC 2192848 · PGC 2193751 · And 40 more.

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M 63 is a beautiful spiral galaxy about 37M light-years away in Canes Venatici. It can be found only 6 degrees south of M 51 and is thought to be within its gravitational influence.

I live in a very light polluted area, and many would say it is folly to attempt LRGB imaging from such a place. Always a glutton for punishment, I decided to do some galaxy imaging this spring. To make matters worse, I don't have a long focal length scope right now and am resigned to using my four-inch refractor for this task. With that clearly stated, I present to you a very tiny M 63 galaxy and a few of its friends in the background. There is a staggering number of small PGC galaxies masquerading as stars. Mouse over the image to see them.

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RA (center)	13h15m49s.60
RA (top/left)	13h19m43s.71
RA (top/right)	13h11m53s.89
RA (bottom/right)	13h11m58s.94
RA (bottom/left)	13h19m41s.40

Dec (center)	+42°01′47″.4
Dec (top/left)	+42°30′15″.7
Dec (top/right)	+42°29′48″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+41°32′54″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+41°33′18″.2

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