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M 63, also known as "The Sunflower Galaxy", is approximately 37 million light years from Earth. The knotty regions in the spiral arms are star forming regions.
Image acquired using Apogee A-
120 minutes of Luminance, 1x1 Binning.
60 minutes each of Red, Green and Blue, 1x1 Binning.
Five minute sub-
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