M63 - Sunflower Galaxy - Deep Sky Videos

Messier 63 is also known as NGC 5055. Featuring Professor Mike Merrifield.
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PAPER
Uncovering Spiral Structure in Flocculent Galaxies

Supported by the University of Nottingham


Video by James Hennessy and Brady Haran

[AstroBackyard]

Absolutely fantastic video. Mike is an incredible teacher!

[chrissscottt]

Prof Merrifield is my favourite. Clear thinker and clear explainer.

[johnbazaar]

I love this series. I’ve watched nearly all of these videos totally fascinated. There’s something very interesting about every one of these objects. Additionally, it’s absolutely fascinating how far we’ve come in our understanding of these “fuzzy patches of light that aren’t comets”. From open clusters that formed from the same gas clouds and are slowly being distributed about the Milky Way to globular clusters that appear to be remnants of galaxies that have been absorbed by the Milky Way to dwarf galaxies to entire galaxies, they all have fascinating stories. Thank all of you for telling us some small parts of their stories.

[nutbeam]

Damn, these objects are getting messier and messier

[siwalder]

Love this channel. Very seldom do I watch a video about deep sky objects without coming away with 1000 questions in my head.
With these videos, you've gone and answered them all and more.
Legends. Thanks.

[lennutrajektoor]

Brady's voice has changed during the covid-19 pandemic.

[NikopolAU]

5:58 IT'S NOT BRADY'S VOICE!

[gregrefon]

So glad this series going on. You are literally the forefront of civlization. May I just thank you. Especially in these times.

[rhoddryice]

Two videos in a week. Feels like Christmas.

[drmoynihan]

Thank you Professor Mike Merrifield. I always enjoy your clear presentations. I received my Messier Certificate in 1994 and have found immense enjoyment as you and the others from DeepSkyVideos review and deepen our knowledge.
However :
I am a little confused. On one hand, you talked about waves, not physical entities, but later you used the example of actual stars being left behind and forming the spirals. Oh well, I will put together both, but for what I see in my telescope, I like the the actual stars and dark matter forming the spirals.

[ZetaFuzzMachine]

Beautiful!! Can't wait to see that couple tricks up your sleeve you're saving...

[StreuB]

I would absolutely love to be a sitting visitor to one of Professor Merrifield or Professor Copelands class lectures. Likely very enjoyable.

[MalcolmAkner]

Ah man, some galaxies to start my day!

[avt_astro]

The Infrared Image is Really Cool! Fantastic Video!

[nineball]

0:10 There are lots of boring looking clusters and things. Finally someone else who get bored looking at the same dull clusters and nebulae.

[zubmit]

These videos are youtube gems in a sea of sh..

[susanwaltho]

Hi I'm an astronomer this vids are great

[forknowledge]

Thank you. The wording was a little bit confusing at the wording toward the begining. I couldn't quite figure out if you meant the stars at the inside and outside are traveling at the same speeds literally or if the ones at the outside were traveling faster to make it look like they were traveling the same speed as the ones on the inside.

[W-INTERNATIONAL-SYNDICATION]

I love galaxies like M63. They're so colorful, dusty, and milky. I often wonder what treasures lie inside them.

[chamstrauss]

i find clusters as interesting as galaxies in a way that galaxies have been done to death, while star clusters are another aspect of the cosmos wich we can learn from alot