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M 63 RGB V1.0

I managed to shoot a few targets last week and the Sunflower Galaxy M63 was among them. I still have yet to capture Luminance frames, so this is a RGB image only

 

Taken with an 11" Celestron EdgeHD with Hyperstar(F/2)

and a QHY23M cooled to -20C

 

 

R-15x2 minutes 4/11/15

G-15x2 minutes 4/11/15

B-15x2 minutes 4/10/15

 

M63, aka the Sunflower Galaxy is a 9.3 magnitude galaxy in the constellation of Canes Venatici, the hunting dogs. It is estimated to be anywhere from 37-43 million light-years away.

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Uploaded on April 16, 2015