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.
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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A close view of the Sunflower Galaxy.
If you look closely at this spiral galaxy, you may be able to count its approximately 400 billion stars.
A wide angle view of the Sunflower GAlaxy.

Objects in frame:

M63 NGC5055 Sunflower Galaxy
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