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



    
        

            Michael Caligiuri
M63: Sunflower Galaxy
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M63: Sunflower Galaxy

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M63: Sunflower Galaxy, 



    
        

            Michael Caligiuri
M63: Sunflower Galaxy
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M63: Sunflower Galaxy

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
DSI RC10c
Imaging Cameras
FLI ML6303E
Mounts
AP1100GTO AP
Filters
LRGB 2" Astrodon
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
DSI RC10c
Guiding Cameras
SBIG STI-M

Acquisition details

Dates:
April 1, 2022
Frames:
28×600(4h 40′)
Integration:
4h 40′
Avg. Moon age:
0.23 days
Avg. Moon phase:
0.06%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 5644306

RA center: 13h15m42s.7

DEC center: +42°0231

Pixel scale: 0.977 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 126.951 degrees

Field radius: 0.367 degrees

Resolution: 2243x1509

File size: 1.1 MB

Locations: Little Blair valley, Anza Borrego Desert, CA, United States

Data source: Traveller

Description

LRGB image of the Sunflower Galaxy
16 x 10min lums (1x1)
4 x 10 min RGB each (1x1)
cropped from original

There are dozens of tiny distant galaxies in this FOV, including 16th mag PGC 4018103 (located just under the galaxy in the halo) that is 1.2 billion light years away.

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M63: Sunflower Galaxy, 



    
        

            Michael Caligiuri