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The Messier Ten Minute Challenge

M63 - Sunflower Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Messier 63 (NGC 5055), nicknamed the Sunflower Galaxy, is a spiral
galaxy. The spiral arms show up as a grainy background and star
forming regions can be traced along the full length of the arms.

http://www.martin-nicholson.info/ten...llenge/m63.htm


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