M63, a LRGB picture (Niels V. Christensen)

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

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Edit info 26/3-2018.

The M63 center info. is a mix of M63 2017 and present 2018 info. as mentioned below.

A tiny part come from these 2017 M63 pictures which include a supernova (labeled SN 2017dfc),

https://astrob.in/293210/B/

https://astrob.in/292976/0/

At that time in 2017 I was not aware of the supernova exsistence :-)

March 2018 info:

M63 Galaxy, a LRGB picture taken with 3 different scopes and cameras on Sjaelland/Copenhagen Denmark, two locations.

The seeing conditions was far from perfect these nights.

Setup 1: CHP, my yard 16" SCT, Atik Horizon camera. Exposure LRGB=59,29,29,29x120sec.

Setup 2: CPH, my yard WO FLT-110 scope, Atik 460ex mono. Exposure LRGB=63,30,29,38x120sec.

Setup 3: Niels Haagh, Sjaelland, Ganloese, TEC-140 scope, ZWO asi1600MM cool camera, Panther TTS-160 mount used. Exposure L=12x300sec + RGB=16,20,3x120sec.

Remote setup used for setup 1 & 2:

https://astrob.in/338099/0/

My home build observatory is placed in my front yard/in the "red light" polution zone, have a look here,

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lnr3elrgm81uj0i/Light-polution-mapDK.jpg?dl=0

On request I will be happy to share/show tif/fit files/stack info, please just let me know, thanks.

Kind regards Niels

Supernova Imagers (no remnants pls😉)
Messier Objects
"Nordish by nature"
Light Polluted skies
CMOS Imagers
Schmidt-Cassegrain Telescope (SCT) Imagers

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RA (center)	13h15m48s.312
RA (top/left)	13h16m54s.612
RA (top/right)	13h15m33s.839
RA (bottom/right)	13h14m42s.510
RA (bottom/left)	13h16m02s.758

Dec (center)	+42°02′03″.74
Dec (top/left)	+42°01′11″.90
Dec (top/right)	+42°14′06″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+42°02′53″.72
Dec (bottom/left)	+41°50′01″.30

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