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Observations of M61

Other names NGC 4301
UGC 7439
PGC 40087

Object type Galaxy

RA 12h22m

Declination 04°33' N

Constellation Virgo

Part of The Virgo Cluster

Further information

Showing all 20 images


3 
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M61
Grant Privett
Obs 2025 Mar 31
Upload 2025 Apr 08 – 18:37 UTC

3 
0 
M61
David Strange
Obs 2025 Apr 01 – 23:45 UTC
Upload 2025 Apr 02 – 13:10 UTC

4 
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M61 18mar25
Brian Scott
Obs 2025 Mar 18 – 23:34 UTC
Upload 2025 Mar 19 – 00:36 UTC

1 
0 
Messier M61 Spiral Gal...
Ivan Walton
Obs 2024 Jul 20 – 23:34 UTC
Upload 2024 Jul 21 – 10:17 UTC

5 
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M61 Barred Spiral Gala...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2024 May 10 – 22:12 UTC
Upload 2024 May 12 – 18:18 UTC

6 
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M61 Barred Spiral Gala...
Alan Thomas
Obs 2022 Apr 29 – 22:01 UTC
Upload 2022 May 10 – 18:05 UTC

7 
0 
M61, NGC 4303
David Davies
Obs 2022 Apr 01 – 23:15 UTC
Upload 2022 May 10 – 11:31 UTC

5 
0 
Virgo Cluster Wide Fie...
Geof Lewis
Obs 2020 May 09 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2020 Jun 30 – 10:02 UTC

7 
0 
SN 2020jfo in Messier ...
Alan C Tough
Obs 2020 May 15 – 09:25 UTC
Upload 2020 May 18 – 08:40 UTC

7 
0 
Supernova 2020jfo in M...
Martin Mobberley
Obs 2020 May 14 – 08:31 UTC
Upload 2020 May 14 – 12:03 UTC

10 
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M61 SN
Nik Szymanek
Obs 2020 May 14 – 00:38 UTC
Upload 2020 May 14 – 00:38 UTC

13 
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SN 2020 jfo in M61
Simon Dawes
Obs 2020 May 11 – 22:00 UTC
Upload 2020 May 13 – 17:01 UTC

5 
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SN2020jfo in M61
David Strange
Obs 2020 May 11 – 21:06 UTC
Upload 2020 May 12 – 21:08 UTC

11 
1 
SN2020jfo in M61
Peter Tickner
Obs 2020 May 11 – 23:29 UTC
Upload 2020 May 12 – 17:35 UTC

7 
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M61 SN 2020fjo
Nik Szymanek
Obs 2020 May 11 – 20:53 UTC
Upload 2020 May 12 – 11:19 UTC

9 
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Supernova 2020jfo in M...
Nick Hewitt
Obs 2020 May 10 – 09:00 UTC
Upload 2020 May 10 – 13:02 UTC

11 
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SN 2020jfo in M61
David Strange
Obs 2020 May 08 – 21:14 UTC
Upload 2020 May 08 – 23:16 UTC

10 
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M61 LRGB 27 March 2020
Geof Lewis
Obs 2020 Mar 28 – 01:44 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 29 – 14:07 UTC

8 
0 
Virgo cluster
Clive Nanson
Obs 2020 Mar 26 – 00:30 UTC
Upload 2020 Apr 05 – 13:15 UTC

9 
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M61
Graham Winstanley
Obs 2017 Mar 25 – 22:25 UTC
Upload 2017 May 28 – 22:17 UTC
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