Galaxy
The Sunflower Galaxy
Also M63 · NGC 5055
A flocculent spiral galaxy, its many short, patchy arms winding round a yellow core; also called the Sunflower Galaxy.
Measured
- Distance
- 29.3 million light-years
- Size
- about 112,000 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Canes Venatici
- Position (J2000)
- RA 13h 15m 49s, Dec +42.03°
How far, from the Sun
29.3 million light-years. To cross it:
- Light29.3 million years
- Voyager 1's speed521 billion years
- Driving at 100 km/h316 trillion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- It belongs to the same group of galaxies as the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51).
- It is moving away from us at about 500 km/s (NASA/IPAC NED).
Where this comes from
- Cosmicflows-3, Tully, Courtois & Sorce 2016, AJ 152, 50 (8.99 Mpc)
- This research has made use of the SIMBAD database, CDS, Strasbourg, France (Wenger et al. 2000, A&AS 143, 9).
- This research has made use of the VizieR catalogue access tool, CDS, Strasbourg, France (DOI: 10.26093/cds/vizier).
Every catalogue Ouranos draws is credited on the credits page.