Galaxy · Canes Venatici

Sunflower Galaxy

M63 · NGC 5055

Above the horizon after darkHighest after dark 20:20 · northwest · 24°

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Where is the Sunflower Galaxy?

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Look northwest, about 24° up at 20:20 in Canes Venatici.

From London tonight, the Sunflower Galaxy is above the horizon after dark. It’s highest soon after dark, around 20:20, in the northwest at 24°.

At magnitude 8.6, with its light spread out, it needs a telescope and a dark sky.

This is position and timing only: clouds, haze and light pollution aren’t included.

Not visible

Too faint to see by eye.

A soft, gray glow, brighter toward the center.

A brighter core in a faint glow. Spiral arms show only in long-exposure photos.

What you’re likely to see, not what a space telescope photographs. General guidance from catalog brightness and size, not a forecast for tonight.

The Sunflower Galaxy (M63) is a galaxy in Canes Venatici, with a total brightness of magnitude 8.6 and an apparent size of 12′.

Sources: OpenNGC (CC BY-SA 4.0); star chart: Wikidata (CC0). Positions computed for your place and time with astronomy-engine. Data & Licences