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The Sunflower Galaxy - Messier 63

Telescope Equipment:
Mount – Celestron CGEM DX
Scope – TS Photoline 115mm f/6.96
Guider- Orion StarShoot Autoguider
Imaging System:
ZWO ASI533MC Pro – Gain 100, Offset 70, Temp -25°C
Filter – Optolong L-Pro
Image Details:
Light: 66x180s
Dark: 36x240s
Flat: 36×3.719ss (25,000 ADU ±5%)
Dark-Flat: 36x3.719s
Software:
Image Capture – Astro Photography Tools (APT) – PhD2
Pre-Processing, Stacking, Stretching – Siril 1.01
Starnet ++ V2 – to separate nebula from stars
Post Processing – Adobe Photoshop CC, Astronomy Tools Action Set for Photoshop
Image Taken:
April 22, 2022
Photographed from the When Pigs Fly Observatory