M63: Sunflower Galaxy at 2 meters
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The Sunflower Galaxy is nearly 30 million light years away and home to an estimated 400 billion stars.
Image details
| Telescope: | Celestron EdgeHD 9.25 | |
| Length: | 2350mm | |
| Aperture: | 235mm | |
| F-stop: | f/10.0 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2022-06-06 to 2022-06-06 | |
| Lights: | 67 | |
| Exposure: | 120 | |
| Total exposure: | 2 h | |
| Ra: | 13h 15m 49.6s | |
| Dec: | +42° 01' 46.227 | |
| Size: | 15.682 x 14.837 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 0.18 deg | |
| Scale: | 0.27 arcsec/pixel |
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