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



    
        

            Zhuoqun Wu
Sunflower Galaxy
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Sunflower Galaxy

Sunflower Galaxy, 



    
        

            Zhuoqun Wu
Sunflower Galaxy
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Sunflower Galaxy

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Schulman 32" RC .81 Meter
Imaging Cameras
SBIG STX-16803
Filters
LRGB
Software
Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Schulman 32" RC .81 Meter
Guiding Cameras
SBIG STX-16803

Acquisition details

Dates:
May 22, 2020
Frames:
36×300(3h)
Integration:
3h
Avg. Moon age:
29.30 days
Avg. Moon phase:
0.06%

Basic astrometry details

Astrometry.net job: 3542202

RA center: 13h15m49s.4

DEC center: +42°0140

Pixel scale: 0.326 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 7.902 degrees

Field radius: 0.169 degrees

Resolution: 3090x2095

File size: 4.0 MB

Locations: Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, Tucson, Ari, United States

Data source: Amateur hosting facility

Description

Me and my friends use Schulman 32-inch RCOS telescope which located in University of Arizona Mount Lemmon SkyCenter to image this beautiful galaxy.

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Sunflower Galaxy, 



    
        

            Zhuoqun Wu