April 8, 2010
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| Right Ascension (J2000) : 13h 15m 49.1s | Declination (J2000) : +42º 01' 50" |
| Object Type : Galaxy | Object Classification : Sb II |
| Constellation : Canes Venatici | Object Size : 12.6' x 7.2' |
| Visual Magnitude : 9.0 | Surface Brightness : 13.8 |
| Description : vB, L, pmE 120° ±, vsmbMBN | Catalogue Notes : The Sunflower Galaxy |
| Also Cataloged as : M63, UGC 8334, MCG+07-27-054, h 1570, GC 3474, CGCG 217.023, PGC 46153 | |
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- Instrument - Camera - Accessories - Exposure time - Conditions - Comments |
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250mm F/5 Newton Canon 10D Baader Coma Corrector + Astronomik CLS filter + UV-IR cut filter 65 min @ 1600 ISO (13 subframes of 300 sec stacked), autoguided Seeing : 4/5, Temperature : 5°C, Humidity : 80% @ 1032 mbar Local light pollution, altitude : 75° |