M63
The Sunflower Galaxy
Photographs by Matthew T. Russell
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Messier Number: M63 NGC Number: NGC 5055 Common Name: The Sunflower Galaxy Constellation: Canes Venatici Distance from Earth: ~37 Million Light Years Visual Magnitude: 8.6 Size: 10 x 6 arc minutes |
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Date Taken: 4/18/2004 Location: Black Forest, CO Equipment: 16" RCOS Ritchey-Chretien Astro-Physics .67x Reducer Paramount ME SBIG 10XME, NABG SBIG CFW-8a SBIG AO-7 Exposure Specs: 195 minutes total Lum: 21x5 min Red: 6x5 min Grn: 6x5 min Blu: 6x5 min Processed with: MaximDL v3 Adobe Photoshop CS |
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