M63 - The Sunflower Galaxy, (up against light pollution and the moon).

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M63, (the Sunflower Galaxy). This image is the result of 72 minutes worth of data and I pushed my camera to 4 minute individual exposures, (my L-Pro light pollution filter again proved a worthwhile purchase). As I was capturing the data I was not at all confident about how the final image would turn out as the galaxy was positioned in the same area of sky as the moon which added to my usual light pollution woes. But it's safe to say this is my best image of this object so far and it makes me wonder what it would have been like if the moon was not out. I guess I will have to revisit it again at some point to find out. Camera was a Rebel XS, (1000D), Scope was a Skywatcher 250PDS, Mount was an AZ-EQ6 GT.