M63 is a bright spiral galaxy in Canes Venetici.
It's beautifully detailed spiral arms give it the name "The Sunflower Galaxy".

5 hours and 45 minutes total exposure
115x180 second 1600 iso sub exposures.
Celestron C11 at F/6.3 and CGE mount
ST-4 guided through an 80ED at 600mm
Canon 300D
Dark and flat calibrated
Subs taken over 3 nights 5-8 5-13 and 5-21-07