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M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy
Here is a picture of M63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The Sunflower Galaxy is about 37 million light years away and has a diameter of 100,000 light years, about the same as our Milky Way galaxy.
June 3 and 5, 2011
Location: Rancho Hidalgo, NM
Telescope: TEC-140 (F7)
Camera: SBIG ST-8300M
Mount: AP900 GTO
Luminance: 12x10 minutes
Red: 6x10 minutes
Green: 6x10 minutes
Blue: 6x10 minutes
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Comment by Trevor Woodrow on June 19, 2011 at 10:23am
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Great detail in the target, and I have never seen any image of this target with so many hitchhikers before. Well done.
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Comment by Steve Coates on June 19, 2011 at 5:36am
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This came out really nice. You captured some nice detail in the arms and some H areas in this galaxy.
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