Messier 61
(Wide field DSO)
Object
Cross Reference
Common Name
Object Type
Constellation
English Name
M61
NGC 4303
Swelling Spiral
GX (Galaxy)
Virgo (Ecliptic)
The Virgin
RE
DEC
Size
Magnitude
Morphology
Distance
Extends
Age
12h 21m 22s
+04° 28′ 22″
22.3′
+9.7v
Hubbe SBbc
53 million ly
70,000 ly
13.22 billion years
Location
Mount
Telescope
Type
Camera / CCD
Filter
Milton Keynes, UK
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6GT
Atlair Astro Lightwave
66ED-R refractor
Canon EOS 700D
Luminance (Lum)
.
Notes – Messier 61
-Â M61, NGC 4303, Swelling Spiral
-Â very bright, pretty large
-Â face-on spiral
– extremely bright centre
-Â the starlike nucleus is surrounded by a mottled diamond-shape inner core
-Â Paired with galaxy NGC 4303A
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Notable features
-Â n/a
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