NGC5055/M63/Sunflower Galaxy/ Distance 37MLY!

[DugDog]

NGC5055 AKA M63 AKA Sunflower Galaxy

SpiraL galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Distance 37 Million Light Years

Not far from the Whirlpool galaxy M51.

Image Stats:

Images gathered from March, April, and May.

All frames @ 600 Seconds, L=1x1 Bin, RGB=2x2 Bin.

70 - L

24 - R

22 - G

20 - B

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136 * 10 min each = 1360 / 60 = 22.66 Hours Imaging Time.

I used Don Goldman's Color Saturation Tutorial here:

http://youtu.be/oRxavqQENUY

Very helpful tutorial for Galaxy coloration.

More of Don's tutorials here:

http://dg-imaging.astrodon.com/tutorials/

Used DeepSkyStacker for stacking.

FULL REZ Version Here!

I was very happy with the results of all the faint fuzzies and I was very happy with my star color results.

Equipment Details:

EON120

Parsec 8300M

Nautilus FW with Orion LRGB filters.

Atlas Mount

Lodestar AG.

Comments/Helpful Criticism Welcomed.

[Gina]

Very nice

[Quatermass]

Thats a stunning sunflower galaxy dug really lovely detail and colour

[RT65CB-SWL]

Wow x 37,000,000

[DugDog]

Thanks Guys! My images weren't linking correctly, they should be good to view now.