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

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M63 Sunflower Galaxy, Greg Bass
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M63 Sunflower Galaxy

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The automation of my astrophotography rig is working more consistently.  Depending on the night's target, I can kick the process off around 9:00, monitor the tracking and focus for an hour or so, then go to bed knowing that in the morning I should have a night's treasure trove of useable images.  I'm also more comfortable with the tracking performance of my Ultima PEC fork mount and what I should expect the stars' FWHM range should generally be.

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Description: I reprocessed the data to try and get brighter stars and a more smooth background of space. I also punched up the color a bit and toned down the blue from the original.

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M63 Sunflower Galaxy, Greg Bass