M63 – Sunflower galaxy

Observing date: 2014-03-28
Observing site: Ekerö, Sweden
Temperature: -2°C
Telescope: Meade LX200GPS 12″ SCT
Mount: Meade fork mount
Photographic equipment: Nikon D5100
Other optical equipment: F6,3 Focal reducer, Astronomik CLS-filter
Exposure: 12×60 + 23x180sek, ISO 800
Other info: Autoguided with QHY5L-II and PHD2 software through a Lotus RT480 refracting telescope
Processing: Stacked in Deep sky stacker and processed in Photoshop CS6
Photographer(s): Leif Ratzinger & Jakob Sagatowski

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