| Names |
M 63, NGC 5055, UGC 8334, PGC 46153, Sunflower Galaxy |
| Right Ascension (2000.0) |
13:15:49.3 |
| Declination |
+42:01:45 |
| Constellation |
Canes Venatici |
| Redshift (z) |
0.001681 +/- 0.000013 |
| Heliocentric Radial Velocity |
504 +/- 4 km/s |
| Distance (esteem) |
32,000,000 light years |
| Date (DD/MM/YYYY) |
17/03/2010 |
| Exposure time |
6,000 seconds (20 x 300 exposures) with binning mode 2 x 2 |
| CCD Camera |
SBIG ST-8XE |
| Telescope |
Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 GPS |
| Focal length |
3556 mm |
| Diameter |
355.6 mm |
| Focal ratio |
10 |
| Field of View |
13.3 x 8.9 arcminute |
| Original scale |
1.044 arcsecond / pixel |
