M63: The Sunflower Galaxy

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If you look closely at this spiral galaxy, you may be able to count its approximately 400 billion stars.
Telescope:   Stellina
Length:   400mm
Aperture:   80mm
F-stop:   f/5.0
Sessions:   2
Captured:   2021-04-11 to 2021-05-12
Lights:   688
Exposure:   10
Total exposure:   1 h
Ra:   13h 15m 51.0s
Dec:   +42° 01' 30.149
Size:   56.729 x 35.162 arcmin
Radius:   0.556 deg
Scale:   0.619 arcsec/pixel
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A close view of the Sunflower Galaxy.
The Sunflower Galaxy is nearly 30 million light years away and home to an estimated 400 billion stars.
A wide angle view of the Sunflower GAlaxy.

Objects in frame:

NGC5055 M63 Sunflower Galaxy
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