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

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M63 (Sunflower Nebula)

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Description

The target was well placed during a recent spell of good weather so I have added some extra LRGB subs to the data I acquired in 2018. The image is I think now noticeably less noisy, permitting a closer crop of the galaxy.

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Description: Reprocessed in an attempt to:
a) reduce noise
b) correct in my opinion a somewhat over blue and magenta colour balance
c) correct some possible over-sharpening

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M63 (Sunflower Nebula), Mike_Stutters