M94

M94 — galaxy, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore M94 in an interactive 3D view of space. See its catalogue position, distance and astronomical facts.

A spiral wrapped in a glowing ring of new stars around a bright golden core — and oddly short of the dark-matter halo almost every other galaxy carries.

Type

Ringed spiral (SA(r)ab)

Distance

15 million light-years

Note

A brilliant inner ring of starbirth

Explore M94 in 3D

M94 is placed in three-dimensional space using catalogue coordinates and an adopted astronomical distance. Rotate and zoom to explore the model. Stellar surfaces, gas structure and dust depths may be reconstructed or illustrative, as described in its facts; this is not live imagery from a telescope.