A somewhat noisy image of Messier 63. PGC 45992, of magnitude 14.8, is on the right.
Date: December 3, 2011
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Location: Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC
Optics: TeleVue NP-127is used at f/5.2 with large field corrector
Mount: Paramount ME, guided using PhD
Camera: Hutech modified Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure: 14 light frames of 180 seconds, ISO 800
Processing: Light frames calibrated with dark and flat frames in ImagesPlus. Light frames normalized and combined using MinMax Excluded. Image cropped.