Observation by Martina McGovern: M63 Sunflower galaxy

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Martina McGovern

Observer

Martina McGovern

Observed

2021 Mar 19 - 22:00

Uploaded

2021 Apr 22 - 22:40

Objects

The Sunflower Galaxy (M63)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h15^m
Dec: +42°03'
Position angle: -14°11'

Field size

0°20' × 0°29'

Equipment

Celestron Edge HD 8” on HEQ5 PRO, ZWO ASI294MC Pro, ASIAir Pro, EAF & 60mm
guide scope + ASI120MM mini & Optolong L-Pro + L-eXtreme dual band filters

Exposure

Approx 13hrs of data - Mixture of L-Pro & L-eXtreme; Subs of mainly 180sec (~240 subs stacked) with some 120sec (~30 stacked) and a few 300sec (~10 stacked) + Darks, Flats & Dark flats. Main Cam Gain 225, Camera T -15C for L-Pro and then gain 300, T -15C for L-eXtreme.

Location

Near Cambridge city UK, Bortle approx 4

Target name

M63 Sunflower galaxy, near Ursa major in constellation – Canes Venatici.

Title

M63 Sunflower galaxy

About this image

This one is imaged over several days, 19^th Mar, 5^th, 6^th & 12^thApr21 – weather was not so kind…..

Processing; Deep sky stacker, PixInsight with final tweaks in Photoshop and Topaz DeNoise.

Files associated with this observation

M63 19thMar to 12Apr21 L-ext+L-Pro 13hrs data BAA.jpg (1.0 MB)

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Mr John William Hughes, Chris Hooker, Nick Hewitt, Philip Masding, Graham Winstanley, Callum Wingrove, Ron Arbour, Ian Hynes, Grant Privett

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