m63 of the 3d and 4th of April with unmodded NIkon d5300 and a TS65Flat (Stefano Ciapetti)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: 19 CVn · M 63 · NGC 5055 · Sunflower Galaxy · The star 19CVn

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m63 of the 3d and 4th of April with unmodded NIkon d5300 and a TS65Flat

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m63 of the 3d and 4th of April with unmodded NIkon d5300 and a TS65Flat

This image is the sum of 385 120 secs unguided exposures, taken on the nights of the 4th and 3rd of April with an unmodded Nikon 5300d, a TS65 Flat telescope, on top of an Ioptron CEM60EC (on top of a Newton Orion 250 F 3.9)

Image is cropped, in order to reduce size.

Stacking with DSS and processing with PS. Artificial flat with Astroflat pro plugin.

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Messier 63

M63 (NGC 5055).jpg

Spiral galaxy M63 (NGC 5055), imaged at 450 and 814 nm[1]

Observation data (J2000 epoch)

Constellation Canes Venatici

Right ascension 13h 15m 49.27385s[2]

Declination +42° 01′ 45.7261″[2]

Redshift 484 km/s[3]

Distance 29.3 Mly (8.99 Mpc)[4]

Group or cluster M51 Group

Apparent magnitude (V) 9.3[3]

Characteristics

Type SAbc[5]

Apparent size (V) 12′.6 × 7′.2[3]

Other designations

M63, NGC 5055, PGC 46153, UGC 8334[3]

Messier 63 or M63, also known as NGC 5055 or the seldom-used Sunflower Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici. M63 was first discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain, then later verified by his colleague Charles Messier on June 14, 1779. The galaxy became listed as object 63 in the Messier Catalogue. In the mid-19th century, Anglo-Irish astronomer Lord Rosse identified spiral structures within the galaxy, making this one of the first galaxies in which such structure was identified. (Wikipedia)

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RA (center)	13h15m38s.51
RA (top/left)	13h19m07s.84
RA (top/right)	13h19m50s.17
RA (bottom/right)	13h12m17s.73
RA (bottom/left)	13h11m16s.86

Dec (center)	+42°03′17″.9
Dec (top/left)	+43°19′33″.2
Dec (top/right)	+40°52′12″.0
Dec (bottom/right)	+40°46′45″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+43°13′53″.7

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