| M63. The Sunflower Galaxy |
| Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici |
| The
sunflower galaxy was classified by Hubble as Sb or Sc type and its
visual appearance resembles a sunflower. It is in the group of m51. Distance to earth: 37,000,000 light years Visual Magnitude: 8.6 More information: Messier index. M63 |
| Date and location | 20-apr-2023. Caraquiz, Guadalajara |
| Telescope | GSO RC12 on ASA DDM85 mount. No autoguide |
| Camera | Moravian G3 16200. Hutech IDAS LPS and Baader H-alfa, R, G, B filters |
| Image Processing | L: 210x300s, H: 50x600S, RGB: 65x300s. Processed with Pixinsight. |
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| Date and location | 27-may-2006. Caraquiz, Madrid |
| Telescope | 8" Meade LX200GPS,
f=2000mm. Autoguide with Megrez II 80ED, Toucam SC3 and guidedog. |
| Camera | Artemis285. 0.7 focal reducer. Hutech IDAS LPS filter. |
| Image Processing | L: 13x600s bin 1x1. RGB:
5x180s bin 2x2. Registered and stacked with AIP4WIN. Histograms, RGB,
LRGB and noise reduction with Pixinsight SE and Pixinsight LE. |
| Visits since september 14th, 2004: |
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