Messier 63 is about 25 million light-years distant in the constellation Canes Venatici. Also cataloged as NGC 5055, the island universe is nearly 100,000 light-years across. Roughly the same size as the Milky Way Galaxy. Known as The Sunflower Galaxy, M63 sports a bright yellowish core. Its has expansive blue spiral arms and pink star forming regions. A dominant member of a known galaxy group, M63 has faint, extended features that could be the result of gravitational interactions with nearby galaxies.
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