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M63, The Sunflower Galaxy
Spiral Galaxy M63 in Canes Venatici. See SEDS M63 page for additional info.
Above is a revised version incorporating my Davis Mountains 3/2007 combination of 29x4 minute = 81 minute total exposures, plus the bottom image, = 109 total minutes exposure. This is just about full size and you can see all the warts in my mount's guiding at this focal length. The Davis Mountains frames used the TOA 130 and the flattener. I'm going to hit it again with the AP and maybe the 1.6 extender some day ;-)
Temps were in the 60's with a breeze in the mountains, which was pleasant for me, but cooler would have been better for the picture! Other Pictures from the Davis Mountains are here
Above is the 7 exposures, 4 minutes each = 28 minutes total exposure with reducer version, February 2007.
Combined images: Canon EOS 20Da (unmodified), ISO , Takahashi TOA 130 (a 5" APO refractor) , Losmandy G-11 mount. I definitely needed more time on this one. My current image processing workflow is here.
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