The Sunflower Galaxy
M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy - Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
by Bob and Janice Fera
Officina Stellare RC-360AST 14" f/8 Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain
Yankee Robotics Trifid-2 6303E CCD Camera
Astrodon Filters
LRGB Composite
L: 160 R:100 G:80 B:100 minutes
Sub-exposures: 20 minutes
Image acquired with CCDAutopilot
Processed in CCDstack, PixInsight LE and Adobe Photoshop
Taken March 8, 9, 2008 from Eagle Ridge Observatory, Foresthill, CA