<![CDATA[M63 - Sunflower Galaxy]]> http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/ en-us Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.8 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:31:37 +0000 120 http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/d/1736-6/m63.jpg <![CDATA[M63 - Sunflower Galaxy]]> http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/ <![CDATA[RCOS 12.5 1hr Lum Test Bin2]]> http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63-Lum.jpg.html http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63-Lum.jpg.html
RCOS 12.5 1hr Lum Test Bin2

100% Crop]]> Chris Johnson photo Mon, 05 Jul 2010 06:46:27 +0000 <![CDATA[M63_PI]]> http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63_PI.jpg.html http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63_PI.jpg.html
Exposure
- LRGB 135:50:50:50
- L 15min subs @ bin1x1
- RGB 5min subs @ bin2x2
- 4.75 hours total exposure

Equipment Used
- Takahashi TOA-150
- SBIG STL-11000M
- Paramount ME
- Astrodon Gen 2 Filters

Reprocessed with PIX Insight. LRGB combine, HDR Wavelets, Dynamic Background Extraction, Background Normalization]]> Chris Johnson photo Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:08:40 +0000 <![CDATA[M63 Ultra-wide field]]> http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63.jpg.html http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63.jpg.html
Exposure
- LRGB 135:50:50:50
- L 15min subs @ bin1x1
- RGB 5min subs @ bin2x2
- 4.75 hours total exposure

Equipment Used
- Takahashi TOA-150
- SBIG STL-11000M
- Paramount ME
- Astrodon Gen 2 Filters

Processing in CCDStack

Final processing Photoshop CS4

Star to the bottom of the frame is 20 Canum Venaticorum. A Mag 4.72 F Star very close to M63.]]> Chris Johnson photo Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:27:50 +0000 <![CDATA[M63_widefield]]> http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63_widefield.jpg.html http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63_widefield.jpg.html
Exposure
- LRGB 135:50:50:50
- L 15min subs @ bin1x1
- RGB 5min subs @ bin2x2
- 4.75 hours total exposure

Equipment Used
- Takahashi TOA-150
- SBIG STL-11000M
- Paramount ME
- Astrodon Gen 2 Filters

Processing in CCDStack

Final processing Photoshop CS4]]> Chris Johnson photo Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:35:20 +0000 <![CDATA[M63]]> http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63_crop_001.jpg.html http://gallery.cuttinedgeobservatory.com/v/galaxies/m63/M63_crop_001.jpg.html
Exposure
- LRGB 135:50:50:50
- L 15min subs @ bin1x1
- RGB 5min subs @ bin2x2
- 4.75 hours total exposure

Equipment Used
- Takahashi TOA-150
- SBIG STL-11000M
- Paramount ME
- Astrodon Gen 2 Filters

Processing in CCDStack

Final processing Photoshop CS4

100% Center Crop]]> Chris Johnson photo Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:34:51 +0000