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Hi all this my first attempt of M63 that I took last night,I did 170 minutes of data before the clouds arrived and used dss for stacking.I processed in adobe and affinity and ended up with this image.I used my Skywatcher 80ed with my 183c camera.I thought I would share,thanks for looking.
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Hey, Andrew, pretty good. All the Messier galaxies in summer sky are tough targets!

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nice , thx
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That's a good first attempt at M63.
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Hi all I have remodified my image,not sure if any better.I thought I would share the new image.
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