M63
M63
Object | |
| Description: | Sunflower Galaxy |
| Type: | Spiral Galaxy |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Distance: | 37,000,000 ly |
Image | |
| Date: | June 16, 2007 |
| Location: | Mount Laguna, CA |
| Exposure: | Lum 10x15 (bin 1x1), R 5x5, G 5x5, B 5x5 (bin 2x2) |
Equipment | |
| Optics: | Vixen VC200L Corrected Reflector |
| Focal Length: | 1280mm @f/6.4 |
| Mount: | Astro-Physics 900GTO |
| Camera: | SBIG ST-2000XM |
| Focuser: | Robo-Focus |
| Filters: | CFW10A, Astrodon LRGB |
| Software: | MaxIm DL, RegiStar, Photoshop |