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Messier 94 |
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 | The Sab spiral galaxy M94 in the constellation Canes Venatici is considered by some (but not others) to be in a group including M64 and various fainter galaxies. It has an extremely bright innner region surrounded by a blue ring of young star clusters, then a fainter yellowish region of older stars also surrounded by traces of young stars, and even further out a very much fainter outer ring. Although listed as a Spiral galaxy, through a 8" telescope, it appears as a slightly elliptical galaxy. In fact, it more closely resembles a small and compact globular cluster. The core is real bright, and quickly fading to nothingness. |
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| You can find more information about this Messier object by visiting: SEDS - The Messier Catalog. |
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M94 NGC4736 Dreyer description: Very bright, large, irregularly round, very abruptly very much brighter middle bright nucleus, resolvable, but mottled; = M94. Const: Canes Venatici Magnitude: 8.7 RA: 12h 51m 06.9s Dec: +41°05'53" RA: 12h 50m 53.6s Dec: +41°07'10" (Epoch 2000) Azm: 58°10'31" Alt: +27°32'25" Rise: 09:02 Transit: 19:35 Set: 06:12 Size:11.2' x 9.1' |