Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 63  ·  NGC 5055  ·  Sunflower Galaxy
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy, Frank Colosimo
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy
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M63 The Sunflower Galaxy

M63 The Sunflower Galaxy, Frank Colosimo
M63 The Sunflower Galaxy
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M63 The Sunflower Galaxy

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Description

M63, NGC 5055, or the Sunflower Galaxy as it is known is a magnitude 9.3 spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici. It has an apparent size of 12.3 arc minutes, and is estimated to be 30 million light years away. I was able to combine older and new data to reduce the noise, although this required cropping.

Imaging data:

Date: Mar-Apr in 2008, Mar 2021

Location: New Ringgold PA

Optics/Camera: Meade LX200r-12 and SBIG ST8-XME

Optics/Camera: Starizon Hyperion 12.5 inch and Apogee Alta U8300

Optics/Camera: Celestron Edge HD 11 and ZWO ASI1600MM-Cool

Mount: Paramount ME and Paramount MX

Exposure: Luminance: 125x10 minutes, R:35x8 min G:39x8 min B:42x8 min for a total of 36.3 hours, 241 subs at avg 542 sec

Processing: Image acquisition using CCD Autopilot. Initial processing was done using Maxim DL with subsequent processing using Photoshop.

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