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

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M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy, CrestwoodSky
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M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy

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The Sunflower Galaxy is one of my favorite targets and I had hoped to get 12 or more hours of exposure time on it. But the weather gods have not been kind and I guess I will have to settle for just over 3.5 hours I managed to get during the several clear nights available to me during March and April.

The above image was taken with the ASI1600mm Pro through my 127mm refractor. It is composed of 22, 300-second subs, taken through the Luminance filter and 12, 180-second subs, taken through the R, G and B filters (12 subs per filter).

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M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy, CrestwoodSky

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