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M63, The Sunflower Galaxy

 

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M63 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs).  It is about 37 million light years distant and a member of the M51 Group.

 

Visually the galaxy takes on a grainy texture due to the fine concentration of dust lanes within the galaxy's short spiral arms.

 

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Date:  4/21/2012

Location:  4Domes Observatory

Telescope:  C14 @ f/9

Mount:  AP-1200

Camera:  SBIG STL-6303E

Acquisition and Guiding:  CCD Autopilot controlling Maxim DL

LRGB Combine Exposures:

Luminance - 10 x 600, Bin 1x1, 1.7 hr

Red - 5x300 Seconds, Bin 2x2

Green - 5x300 Seconds, Bin 2x2

Blue - 5x300 Seconds, Bin 2x2

Post Processing:

ImagesPlus:  Calibration, align and combine, digital development

Photoshop CS4:  Luminance, color combine, levels, curves, LAB color adjustment, high pass filter, sharpening

NeatImage:  Noise reduction

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