M63 by Old Vine Observatory

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M63

The Sunflower Galaxy

Exposures: 10 x 420 sec (1 hr 10 sec total)
Date: 4/16/10

Telescope: Intes Micro MN-56, 5" Mak-Newt at F6
Mount: Orion Sirius EQ controlled by EQMOD
Camera: Starlight Xpress HX-916 controlled by AstroArt 4.0
Guiding: QHY5 on 50mm finder controlled by PHD Guiding
Filter(s): LDAS LPR
Calibration: DeepSkyStacker 3.3; bias, flats, no darks; Kappa Sigma stacking
Post-processing: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Photoshop Plug-Ins: Noise Ninja, Gradient X Terminator, Focus Magic, Noel Carboni's Tools

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