M63 "Sunflower" Galaxy (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope)

M63 "Sunflower" Galaxy (The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Robotic Telescope)2025 Reprocess Jan 9, 2024 371 views2760×276014.96 MB

Mark Germani

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Auberry, California, USA, Auberry (CA), US

CVn

13h 15m 49s · +42° 1′ 48″

0.40° × 0.40°

0.52″/px

357.69°N

Integration

Lum/Clear	12×900″	3h	Jun 5, 2021	21%
R	8×600″	1h 20′	Jun 5, 2021	21%
G	8×600″	1h 20′	Jun 5, 2021	21%
B	8×600″	1h 20′	Jun 5, 2021	21%
Totals		7h	Jun 5, 2021	21%

Lum/Clear	12×900″=3h
Jun 5, 2021	21%

R	8×600″=1h 20′
Jun 5, 2021	21%

G	8×600″=1h 20′
Jun 5, 2021	21%

B	8×600″=1h 20′
Jun 5, 2021	21%

Totals	7h
Jun 5, 2021	21%

Equipment

Telescope	RCOS 16" f/9 Carbon Tube Ritchey-Chrétien
Camera	SBIG STX-16803
Mount	Software Bisque Paramount ME GEM
Filters	SBIG Blue 50x50 mm SBIG Green 50x50 mm SBIG Luminance 50x50 mm SBIG Red 50x50 mm
Software	Adobe Photoshop Aries Productions Astro Pixel Processor (APP) Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight Russell Croman Astrophotography BlurXTerminator Russell Croman Astrophotography GradientXTerminator Russell Croman Astrophotography NoiseXTerminator Russell Croman Astrophotography StarXTerminator Steffen Hirtle GraXpert

Objects

Sunflower Galaxy M 63 NGC 5055

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Revision: B

Title 2025 Reprocess

Description Complete restack and reprocess, preserving 1x1 bin of luminance data (accidentally processed all data bin 2x2 last time), cleaning more carefully, combining luminance with RBG after stretching.

Published 4 days ago

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