M63 NGC 5055, Const: Canes Venatici, Type: Galaxy, Mag: 8.6, Size: 12.6'x7.5'

• 03May04 - HX916 image of M63 (40:15:15:15 LRGB, luminance from 02May13 below, RGBs 5x3 min with LX10 at f/4.6, STV guided through ETX at f/8, from LBV [seeing 2, transp 7, tracking highly variable due to terrible seeing and high, gusty winds]). Processing: AIP (dark calibration and stacking, color combine and Auto-Black color balance + 150% color saturation then LLRGB technique). Old version.
• 5/13/02 - HX916 image of M63 (shot at f/6.3, Meade LX10, 40 minute total exposure [a stack of 20 2 minute images], binned 2x2, from Anza (OCA site) [seeing 7, transparency 7, tracking 8]) Processing: AIP (dark and flat frame calibration, DDP), MaxIm (2X resize, crop), PaintShop Pro (mild brightness and contrast adjustments).
• 1/12/02 - HX916 image of M63 (shot at f/6.3, Meade LX10, 20 minute total exposure [a stack of 10 2 minute images], binned 2x2, only dark frames applied, mild brightness and contrast adjustments, Gaussian deconvolved in AIP, then cropped, from LBV). Focus and tracking were both a bit off on this.
• 03/28/01 - STV image of M63 (f/3.75, Meade LX10, track and accumulate (3 of 60 seconds), wide mode, from LBV).
• Digitized Sky Survey image of M63 for comparison
• SEDS info on M63