Messier 63 - The Sunflower Galaxy

At a distance of 37 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici, M63 is known as the Sunflower Galaxy because of its bright yellow core (not so obvious in this image). At 98,000 light-years diameter, in is similar in size to the Milky Way.

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Filename:	M63-20170429.jpg
Album name:	27telp / Galaxies
Location and Date:	OCA site near Anza, CA, USA - 4/29/2017
Equipment:	William Optics FLT-132 scope @f/7, QSI-583wsg CCD Camera, Astro-Physics 1200 GTO mount, Borg 50mm guide scope, QHY 5L-II guide camera
Settings:	Luminance - 9 x 10 minute exposures, bin 1x1; Red, Green and Blue - all 8 x 10 minutes, bin 2x2
Notes:	Captured with MaxIm DL 5.12, processed with CCDStack2 and Adobe Photoshop CS4
Filesize:	408 KiB
Date added:	Jun 19, 2019
Dimensions:	2048 x 1391 pixels
Displayed:	12 times
URL:	http://www.slithergadee.net/coppergallery/displayimage.php?pid=50
Favorites:	Add to Favorites

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Event Horizon - Astronomical and Terrestrial Images

Messier 63 - The Sunflower Galaxy

At a distance of 37 million light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici, M63 is known as the Sunflower Galaxy because of its bright yellow core (not so obvious in this image). At 98,000 light-years diameter, in is similar in size to the Milky Way.