Object: Galaxy MESSIER 63 (the Black-Eye Gal.)  Constell: COM

RA: 12h 56.7m           Decl: +21° 41'          Epoch: 2000
Mag: 8.9m (v)           Size: 10'x5'            Type: Sa

Observer: Jere Kahanpää
Obs. place: Hartola, Finland
Date/Time: 12./13.4.1994, 23.00

Telescope: N 205/1000
Magn: 133x              Filter:
Field: 22'              NE Lim.mag: 6.0m
Background sky: 2       Seeing: 2 
Weather: Faint aurora glow N. No moon, a few degrees below 0°C.

Brightness: 2           Alt:    
Description: A bright and big galaxy. Elliptical, quite sharp
edges (especially near the ends of the major axis) Brightens
slowly towads a much brighter diam. 30'' core. A faint stellar
nucleus was seen within the core. The dark patch on the NE side
was quite easy. The feature is quite narrow, somewhat bend and a
bit less opaque towards the edges.