M 63 (NGC 5055) Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Located at: RA 13 hours 15 minutes 49 seconds, Dec +42 degrees 02 minutes 06 seconds
Size: 13.7' x 7.3'; Magnitude: 9.3 blue; Class: SA(rs)bc
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 360 minutes (36 x 10 minute subs), 03/1/14/2008; seeing 2.5-3.8 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3.2, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 5055 NGC 5055 = M63 = U08334 = MCG +07-27-054 = CGCG 217-023 = Sunflower galaxy = PGC 46153 13 15 49.2 +42 01 49 V = 8.6; Size 12.6x7.2; SB = 13.3; PA = 105d 17.5": very bright, large, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, 6'x3'. There is a faint outer extension to the WNW (outer spiral arms?) which reaches extremely close to mag 8.7 SAO 44530 just 3.7' from the center. 13" (5/26/84): very bright, elongated NNW-SSE, broad moderate concentration, stellar nucleus. The southern edge is more sharply defined while the northern side is more diffuse and extensive. A mag 8.5 star is off the NW edge. - by Steve Gottlieb |