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Galaxy
Messier 63, Sunflower 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

Gakaxy M63 2020 (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

Gakaxy M63 2019
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

Galaxy M63, 2019
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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