Date: 5/26/2010
Target: M63 - Sunflower Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Telescope: Orion 8" @ f/10
Camera: ST-8300M
Filter: Lum
Exposures: 26x300s (130 min)
Framing: North is Down
Sensor Temp: -10C
Location: Mocksville, NC
Seeing: 3/5
Transparency: 3/5
FWHM: 2.98
Start Time: 9:30PM
End Time: 1:00AM
Captured with Nebulosity, stacked using DeepSkyStacker, processed in Photoshop.
Anacortes Picture of the Day, June 15, 2012From
Wikipedia.org:
The
Sunflower Galaxy (also known as
Messier 63,
M63, or
NGC 5055) is an
Spiral galaxy in the
Canes Venatici constellation. It is a
Spiral galaxy, consisting of a central disc surrounded by many short spiral arm segments. The Sunflower Galaxy is part of the
M51 Group, a group of galaxies that also includes the
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51).