Sunflower Galaxy in HaRGB (donald108)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 63 · NGC 5055 · PGC 166159 · PGC 2186506 · PGC 2186546 · PGC 2187167 · PGC 2189522 · PGC 2189676 · PGC 2189963 · PGC 2191533 · PGC 2191771 · PGC 2191787 · PGC 2192848 · PGC 2193751 · PGC 2193890 · PGC 2193979 · PGC 2194083 · PGC 2194406 · PGC 2194510 · PGC 2195362 · PGC 2195503 · PGC 2196175 · PGC 2196238 · PGC 2196633 · PGC 2196677 · PGC 2196770 · PGC 2196920 · PGC 2197151 · PGC 2197152 · PGC 2197647 · And 17 more.

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Sunflower Galaxy in HaRGB

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Sunflower Galaxy in HaRGB

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Some time ago, I remember seeing an amazing photo of M63 which showcased the beautiful & faint tidal streams which enveloped the central core of the galaxy. When the clouds finally cleared in March, I decided to start photographing M63 for myself, hoping I could maybe start to make out these streams with my own telescope. After my first night, I was amazed at just how beautiful the core of the galaxy was. Wanting to continue with photographing the galaxy, I decided to focus solely on it until for as long as I could & see just how deep I could capture from my bortle 6 / 7 garden.

After pruning bad data, I was left with ~50 hours of usable images. After stacking & applying DBE, I was very impressed at just how deep I was able to capture given my conditions. I've tried to process the image to bring out these faint details in a realistic manner & I'm finally happy to share this version of the image with you. I hope you enjoy it too!

Any & all feedback is always appreciated, and I hope you enjoy the final image! Please check out my instagram for more astroimages.

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RA (center)	13h16m17s.60
RA (top/left)	13h19m02s.81
RA (top/right)	13h13m29s.39
RA (bottom/right)	13h13m34s.80
RA (bottom/left)	13h19m04s.21

Dec (center)	+42°06′23″.5
Dec (top/left)	+42°27′11″.1
Dec (top/right)	+42°26′19″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+41°45′19″.8
Dec (bottom/left)	+41°46′10″.7

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