M63

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6063.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6063. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Individual Galaxies

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The `Sunflower' spiral galaxy M63 in Canes Venatici was discovered by Messier's collaborator Pierre Mechain, on 14 June 1779. It is in a physical group with M51 and several smaller galaxies and represents the archetypical example of the class of galaxies known as `flocculent spirals'. In these galaxies, the visible spiral structure is patchy and localized, formed by low-amplitude density waves. I...

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