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M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy - Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Image Processing by Bob Fera
Data acquisition by Eric Coles
PlaneWave CDK-20 20" f/7.7 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Cassegrain
PlaneWave L-500 Mount
Moravian C3-61000 Pro Camera
Chroma Filters
LRGB Composite - L:250 R:70 G:60 B:105 minutes
Sub Exposures: L:50x5min R:14x5min G:12x5min B:21x5min Binned 2x2
Image acquired with Voyager
Processed in Pixinsight, CCDStack and Adobe Photoshop
Taken January 2023 from Sierra Remote Observatories, CA