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Galaxy |
Object : | M63, Sunflower galaxy |
Coordinates/Direction : | RA: 13h15m, DEC: +42o01' |
Object size : | 12' x 7' |
Object magnitude : | 9.3 |
More to know : |
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Messier 63 |
M63 2020-03-16, crop(click on the image to get a full resolution photo in a new window) |
Date : | 2020-03-16 |
Time (UT) : | 20:41 to 22:16 |
Mount : | SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, beltdrive modified (DIY 2019) |
Guide : | ASI120 camera with 400 mm f/6.3 lens |
Lens/telescope : | TS130 APO f/7 910mm, 3" focuser |
Corrector/Barlow : | 3" field flatter, x1. T48 connector to camera |
Field (FOV) : | 2.25 x 1.5o (full frame) before crop |
camera : | Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit |
camera temperature: | About 6o C above surrounding temperature |
Film/CCD : | Raw, Cr2 |
Filter : | none |
Control system: | Mount, camera, focus, guide (Ekos) controlled by Astroberry (KStars/Ekos Linux) |
Exp. time : | 72x60 seconds, iso1600, dithering mode |
Image process tool : | AstroImageJ, Fitswork, Irfanview |
Processing : | demosaic, no cal dark&bias, only dithering median stacking, synthetic flat cal, crop, level, gamma |
Weather : | clear with some drifting clouds |
Site : | Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra.
Bortle 9 Free view Az: 20o to 90o, 165o to 185o, Alt: 20o to 55o |
Comment : | This series of photos I started earlier relative what I normally do. At this time of the year it isn't dark enough until one hour later. If you look closer to the full resolution image you can see a lot of stains left from the cleaning, this time I didn't do anything to reduce them. Maybe look terrible but much better than normal. |
M63 2019-01-19 |
Date : | 2019-01-19 |
Time (UT) : | 23:21 to 01:26 |
Mount : | SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, beltdrive modified (DIY 2019) |
Guide : | ASI120 camera with 400 mm f/6.3 lens |
Lens/telescope : | TS130 APO f/7 910mm, 3" focuser |
Corrector/Barlow : | 3" field flatter, x1. T48 connector to camera |
Field (FOV) : | 2.25 x 1.5o (full frame) before crop |
camera : | Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit |
camera temperature: | About 6o C above surrounding temperature |
Film/CCD : | Raw, Cr2 |
Filter : | none |
Control system: | Mount, camera, focus, guide (Ekos) controlled by Astroberry (KStars/Ekos Linux) |
Exp. time : | 127x30 seconds, iso1600, dithering mode |
Image process tool : | AstroImageJ, Fitswork, Irfanview |
Processing : | demosaic, no cal dark&bias, only dithering median stacking, flat cal, crop, level, gamma |
Weather : | clear |
Site : | Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra.
Bortle 9 Free view Az: 20o to 90o, 165o to 185o, Alt: 20o to 55o |
Comment : | M63 is a galaxy discovered 1779 by the French astronomer Pierre Mechain. |
Zoom in, M63 |
Date : | 2019-01-19 |
Comment : | A close up into the galaxy. It needs a lot of more exposure, many hours. |
Mount : | SkyWatcher EQ6 Pro, beltdrive modified (DIY 2019) |
Guide : | ASI120 camera with 400 mm f/6.3 lens |
Lens/telescope : | TS130 APO f/7 910mm, 3" focuser |
Corrector/Barlow : | 3" field flatter, x1. T48 connector to camera |
Field (FOV) : | 2.25 x 1.5o (full frame) before crop |
camera : | Canon 6D, QE=0.5, full frame, 20 Mpixel, 14 bit |
camera temperature: | About 6o C above surrounding temperature |
Film/CCD : | Raw, Cr2 |
Filter : | none |
Control system: | Mount, camera, focus, guide (Ekos) controlled by Astroberry (KStars/Ekos Linux) |
Exp. time : | 72x60 seconds, iso1600, dithering mode |
Image process tool : | AstroImageJ, Fitswork, Irfanview |
Processing : | demosaic, no cal dark&bias, only dithering median stacking, synthetic flat cal, crop, level, gamma |
Weather : | clear with some drifting clouds |
Site : | Sweden, Stockholm, Hagsätra.
Bortle 9 Free view Az: 20o to 90o, 165o to 185o, Alt: 20o to 55o |
Comment : | This series of photos I started earlier relative what I normally do. At this time of the year it isn't dark enough until one hour later. If you look clos to the full resolution image you see a lot of stains left from the cleaning, this time I didn't do anything to reduce them. Maybe look terrible but much better than normal. |
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