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

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Messier 63

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I was not really sure whether I should upload this or not. I was really cross because during the imaging session, which I only discovered the next morning, some fine fibres, or something like that, came from somewhere, and crept their way across the glass over the sensor on the camera, and what a mess the stacks were in!! Totally awful and pretty much unusable. Anyway, I did not want to be defeated straightaway, so I tried to fix things. This is my result, with huge cropping too. I used 215 luminances, 18 reds, 17 greens and 20 blues, all with an 87% illuminated moon nearby. So, a tough old night...! Integration time was 4.5 hours, with each sub being a minute long. I would really like to have another go at M63, but we will have to see. Thanks everyone...

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Messier 63, Simon