M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy - Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
by Bob and Janice Fera
Parallax Instruments 12.5" f/9 Ritchey Chretien
SBIG ST-10XE
Astrodon LRGB filters
LRGB composite (180:50:50:50 min) processed in CCDOps, MaxIm/DL (with RC-Astro plug-in), Gralak Sigma, AIP4WIN and Adobe Photoshop
Taken March 8 and April 4, 2005 from the still-under-construction Eagle Ridge Observatory, Foresthill, CA