M63 - the sunflower galaxy

I took a good look and sorted the lights again, 36 passed and a couple of changes to the processing workflow gave this image.

It is still far from an RCOS 16 inch, but not bad for the Meade 12 I think. With some adjustment of the darks, I was able to minimize, if not eliminate,
the noise streaking in the earlier shot, letting me use and post the whole frame... note the little galaxy in the corner... I think I am finally understanding
the limitations of the flat frame division too, this worked pretty well. I wii add more subs if the sky allows...

36 x 180 seconds, Meade Classic LX200 12 inch with AGII reducer to f5.9, Hap mod 350d
acquired, calibrated, stacked and processed in Nebulosity, guided by PHD, DSI Pro, 80mm antique Meade
post processing (noise, saturation, contrast) in Photoshop CS3

enjoy