GALLERY t BLOOMING SPIRAL Bob Fera and Eric Coles Messier 63, also known as the Sunflower Galaxy, is a 9th-magnitude flocculent spiral located roughly 27 million light-years away in Canes Venatici. Its tightly wound spiral arms are riddled with dust punctuated by many reddish star-forming regions. DETAILS: PlaneWave CDK20 corrected Dall-Kirkham telescope and Moravian C3-61000 Pro camera. Total exposure: 8 hours through LRGB filters. q NEBULOUS ORION Gerald Rhemann Sharpless 2-278 (right in image) is a faint mix of dust and emission nebulosity in Orion. To its left is the diffuse, blue reflection nebula LBN 964. DETAILS: AstroSysteme Austria 12-inch astrograph and ZWO ASI6200MM Pro camera. Total exposure: 9 hours through Hα and LRGB filters. Gallery showcases the finest astronomical images that our readers submit to us. Send your best shots to gallery@skyandtelescope.org. See skyandtelescope.org/aboutsky/guidelines. Visit skyandtelescope.org/gallery for more of our readers' astrophotos. 78 APRIL 2024 * SKY & TELESCOPEhttp://www.skyandtelescope.org/aboutsky/guidelines http://www.skyandtelescope.org/gallery