Astrophotographer Ronald Brecher has captured a gorgeous view of the 'Sunflower Galaxy' (Messier 63) from his backyard observatory near the city of Guelph in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

In a galaxy, far far away, is a giant flower, named the Sunflower Galaxy. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1779 and added to Charles Messier’s catalog as Messier 63. Different from the ...

The arrangement of the spiral arms in the galaxy Messier 63, seen here in an image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, recall the pattern at the center of a sunflower. So the nickname for ...

A STAR gazer living in Carlow town has just been shortlisted for an award in a competition that specialises in ...