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M63

M63

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Object Notes:
  • Constellation: Canes Venatici
  • Location: RA: 13h 15m 49.3s Dec: +42d 02' 06" Epoch 2000
  • Size: 12.5 x 7.5 arc-minutes
  • Magnitude: 8.6
  • Type: Spiral Galaxy
  • AKA: Sunflower Galaxy, ngc5055
Instrument: Ritchey-Chretien 32" Telescope
Focal Ratio: f7.2 (prime focus)
Camera: SBIG STL-11000 CCD camera
(See product review in July, 2004 issue of Sky & Telescope magazine.)
with Astrodon Tru-Balance color filters.
Exposure: 12 x 5 minutes Luminance unbinned
4 x 5 minutes each R/G/B, all unbinned
Guiding: Off-Axis with STV Autoguider (Santa Barbara Instrument Group)
(See product review in May, 2003 issue of Astronomy magazine.)
See Photo/Guiding Equipment.
Date: 3/06/05
Post Processing: CCDSoft, CCDSharp, MaxIM DL, Photoshop CS

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