Messier M63
Object Information
- Messier object: M63
- Common name for Messier object: Sunflower Galaxy
- NGC (New General Catalog) number:
NGC 5055
- Discription: Spiral Galaxy
- Located in constellation:
Canes Venatici
- Right ascension in hours minutes: 13:15.8
- Declination in degrees minutes: 42:02
- Visual magnitude: 8.6
- Size: 10 x 6 arc minutes
- Image orientation: North is top, East is left
- Image size: 28 arc minutes wide by 21.6 arc minutes high
- Detailed discription of
M63 in
SEDS Messier database
Photo Information
- 4 x 60 seconds
- Monochrome binned 2x2 pixels
- Tracking, not guided
- Date of observation: August 25, 2006
- Time at end of first CCD image 11:04 pm PDT
- Time at end of last CCD image 11:07 pm PDT
- Observing Location: Oregon Star Party
Imaging Equipment
- Telescope: Orion Telescopes and Binoculars 80mm ED Apochromatic Refractor, 600mm focal length, f/7.5 focal ratio
- Vixen 2680 flip mirror
- Edmund Optics T-Mount 25mm extension tube (48mm barrel)
- Baader Planetarium T-2 Quick Changer System (T2-06 and T2-07)
- Camera: Orion Telescopes and Binoculars
StarShoot Deep-Space CCD Color Imaging Camera
- TeleVue 32mm Plossl was used on the top port of the Vixen flip mirror
- Telescope Mount: Orion Telescopes and Binoculars Sirius EQ-G with GoTo Controller
Imaging Processing
Use Test patterns to calibrate monitor brightness, contrast, height and width
© 1998-2006 David Haworth
