M63, The SunFlower Galaxy

[lensman57]

Hi,

I did this last night despite the strong gust and some thin high clouds, this is my second attempt, the first one was last June. Despite reasonable length of subs the capture was very noisy so I couldn't hold a lot of the fine detail in the " continum " during the processing in particular the very faint structure the top left of the galaxy that was clearly visible with STF,  but here it is anyway.

18 X 600s, Atik 428EXC, IDAS D1 and SW150 PDS with Baader MPCCIII all on HEQ5 and PHD guiding. Processed in PI.

Regards,

A.G

[tollytastic1]

Lovely image and it does have the look of a sun flower.

Well done !!

Paul

[sologuitarist61]

Nice image of this heavenly flower

[andyo]

This is a great galaxy and you have captured it very nicely well done

[froggy100]

Really nice image and the colours look very natural.

Vince

[lensman57]

Many thanks to Paul, Richard, Andy and Vince for your encouragement and kind words. With your support I can only try harder the next time I image these heavenly beauties.

Regards,

A.G