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Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 61.57°   Az: 263.77°   Direction: West

Messier 94 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation. Messier 94 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 8.24, Messier 94 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 40-50mm aperture or a small telescope.

The image below is a photograph of Messier 94 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici star
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DSS2 image of Messier 94 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (7.74 arcmin) and minor (6.68 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 52m 03s
+40° 59’ 02”
02h 35m 17s
15h 27m 20s

J2000

12h 50m 53s
+41° 07’ 13”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of Messier 94 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

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Finder chart for Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of Messier 94 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

8.96
8.24
6.03
5.35
5.11

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of Messier 94.

21.79 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports Messier 94 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of Messier 94 is a visual representation of it.
7.74 arcmin
6.68 arcmin
105°

Morphological Classification

Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Visualization of the morphological classification of Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Intermediate Spiral (SABa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Messier 94 (Croc's Eye Galaxy) - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici is circumpolar and transits at 03:18 UTC (altitude: 79.5°)