Object: Galaxy MESSIER 61 Constell: VIR RA: 12h 21.91m Decl: +04° 28.3' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 9.6m (v) Size: 6.5'x5.8' Type: SAB(rs)bc Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 22./23.3.1993, 23.45 Telescope: R 150/2063 Magn: 83x Filter: Field: 36' NE Lim.mag: 5.5m Background sky: 3 Seeing: 2-3 Weather: Brightness: 3 Alt: Description: Round, no details. Broadly concentrated. Two very bright (8-9m) stars 15' W.