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M63: Sunflower Galaxy (SN 2017dfc), Chris Sullivan
M63: Sunflower Galaxy (SN 2017dfc)
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M63: Sunflower Galaxy (SN 2017dfc)

M63: Sunflower Galaxy (SN 2017dfc), Chris Sullivan
M63: Sunflower Galaxy (SN 2017dfc)
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M63: Sunflower Galaxy (SN 2017dfc)

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My data looks okay, but I'm having a particularly difficult time processing - I'm thinking my light pollution is causing havoc.

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Description: Mostly just added a "super luminance" layer constructed from all LRGB subframes.

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Description: Looks like I caught SN 2017dfc in my data! Here's a close-up inversion to show it more clearly.

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Description: Inspired by today's APOD from the HST and Suburu Telescope, I decided to give my M63 another look and found it... very colorless. I made some modifications to selective color, cropped it tighter and added a little more noise reduction.

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Description: One final adjustment - the outer 'nebulosity' just looked too green for me.

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M63: Sunflower Galaxy (SN 2017dfc), Chris Sullivan