NGC 5055
Notes:
The Sunflower spiral galaxy is about 37 million light years away, and is in the same group of galaxies as M51. Galaxy size: 12.6 x 7.2 arc minutes. Also known as M63
Telescope:
C11
Mount:
MI-250
Camera:
SBIG ST-10XME
Filters:
Astrodon LRGB
Dates:
April 30 thru May 2, 2006
Exposure:
Lum=15x7min (105mins), RGB=9x5min each for 240 minutes (4hrs) total at -15C