Spiral galaxy M63 in Canes Venatici

by: R.Jay GaBany/Novapix
Reference: a-gax50-55008
Date: 2010-09-15

M63 (NGC 5055) is a spiral glaxy in the contellation Canes Venatici at about 35 million light-years from Earth. Visible in this image is a very faint, giant arc-loop feature in the halo of the galaxy Messier 63; this feature is the stellar stream of a disrupted dwarf satellite galaxy.

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