M63, Canes Venatici, 8"LX200 f5.9, MX7C, IDAS, 110min

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This image of M63 the "Sunflower Galaxy" was taken on 25 June from my backyard observatory in Ocean Springs, MS.  It was taken under rather hazy skies and over two nights since its was already past the meridian and slipping into the sky glow to the northwest.   Processing was done with Astroart 3.0, AIP4WIN and  Photoshop. Image resolution is around 1.5 arcsec/px.