M63, NGC5055

About this image

M63 is a type Sbc spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. M63, occasionally called the Sunflower Galaxy for no very good reason, is around 10Mpc away and may be part of a loose physical group including M51 and several other smaller galaxies. This composite color image was created from CCD observations made at the Kitt Peak National Observatory's 0.9-meter telescope in May 1998.

More: galaxies page, spiral galaxies page, messier page.

Minimum credit line: N.A.Sharp/NOAO/AURA/NSF

Downloadable versions:
264 x 200 3 kb color JPEG (on this page)
528 x 400 8 kb color JPEG
1800 x 1366 68 kb color JPEG
1800 x 1366 2.4 Mb 8-bit color TIFF
1800 x 1366 7.2 Mb 24-bit color TIFF
(see NOAO Conditions of Use)

Comments by e-mail to images@noao.edu