Object: Galaxy MESSIER 63 Constell: CVn RA: 13h 15.8m Decl: +42° 02' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 8.5m (v) Size: 15'x9' Type: SA(rs)bc Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Jyväskylä, Finland Date/Time: 30./31.1.1992, 22.35 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 5.5m Background sky: 3-4 Seeing: 3 Weather: Brightness: 4 Alt: Description: Very strongly concentrated. Core almost round, elliptical shape visible only with averted vision. Close to a mag. 8 star.