M 61   09 April 2005
  12" LX200 GPS 19 minutes with SXV-H9 at f6.3 Binned 2 x2
   Acquired and processed in Maxim DL/CCD

 

OBJECT NAME(s):	Messier 61 / NGC 4303
OBJECT TYPE:	Spiral Galaxy
CONSTELLATION:	Virgo
MAGNITUDE:	9.7
SIZE:	6' x 5.5'
DISTANCE:	60 million Light Years
NOTES:	M 61 is one of the largest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. Its diameter of about 100,000 Light Years is about the same size of our own Milky Way