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M63
The Sunflower Galaxy

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SV152 Refractor @ f/6
Riccardi 0.75x Reducer 
SX Trius SX694 
Atik EFW2 Filter Wheel Astrodon LRGB Filters Mach1GTO CP3

L=16x15min
RGB=11x15min each
Total = 12hrs 15min

Processed in PixInsight












2012


L=18x20min RGB=9x20min 
Total time = 15hrs 

Subs calibrated, registered and stacked with DeepSkyStacker Final processing in Photoshop CS3 
This is the first image taken with a Takahashi TOA 1.6x extender. Given the length of sub exposures and total integration time, I was surprised how noisy the subs and final image was.