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This image was created by median combining 7 x 90 second unfiltered images taken with a Takahashi Epsilon 250 with SBIG ST-8XE CCD. The image has been cut down to be 15 x 15 arc minutes in size.
Messier 63 (NGC 5055), nicknamed the Sunflower Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy. The spiral arms show up as a grainy background and star forming regions can be traced along the full length of the arms.
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In collaboration with the Remote Astronomical Society Observatory
Martin Nicholson - Daventry, United Kingdom.
This page was last updated on January 14th 2008.