Observation by Mike Greenhill-Hooper: M63 Sunflower galaxy

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Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observer

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

Observed

2025 Jun 18 - 22:00

Uploaded

2025 Jun 21 - 12:52

Objects

The Sunflower Galaxy (M63)

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 13^h15^m
Dec: +42°01'
Position angle: +45°18'

Field size

0°21' × 0°13'

Equipment

Telescope: 20" f/4 Obsession Dobsonian; Paracorr coma corrector
ASI294MMPro Mono CMOS camera with LRGB filters

Exposure

4x150 frame live stacks for each filter; 2s exposure, gain 450, temp 1C, darks and flats calibrated, dark and flats corrected

Location

Miradoux, S.W. France

Target name

The Sunflower Galaxy

Title

M63 Sunflower galaxy

About this image

Images captured with SharpCap's Live Stacking feature, aligned, stacked and processed with Affinity Photo and gradient corrected with GraXpert.

Files associated with this observation

M63 Sunflower galaxy M Greenhill-Hooper 190625.jpeg (1.7 MB)

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Comments

Oliver Hext, 2025 Jun 21 - 12:58 UTC

Wow!

Mike Greenhill-Hooper

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