M106 (Mitche) - AstroBin

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: HD107610 · M 106 · NGC 4226 · NGC 4231 · NGC 4232 · NGC 4248 · NGC 4258

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M106

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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M106

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

M106. Taken at the OKCAC’s Cheddar Ranch Observatory the night of 11-12 Feb 2023. Conditions were very good after sunset, clear calm and cold, until about 2200. The winds really picked up then to about 15mph or more. I wanted to capture a at least a 30 min session, preferably an hour, but at 27 minutes it was only adding a frame about every 5 minutes or so, so ended the session. I got 162 auto stacked 10 sec images. No post processing.

As the image was progressing, I saw what looked like a comet in the frame, to the upper right of M106, Small but with a very distinct tail! Upon analysis, I realized it was another galaxy, NGC 4248, with a star or something right at the end, making it look like a comet. I had taken a 2 minute auto-stacked image of M106 with my eVscope2 and that galaxy did not stand out as much as in this one. I was quite excited when I thought it was a comet. M106 didn’t turn out as well as I wanted, due to the short session, so I’ll try again on another night to get a better image of it.

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RA (center)	12h18m59s.00
RA (top/left)	12h22m04s.42
RA (top/right)	12h15m56s.57
RA (bottom/right)	12h15m56s.15
RA (bottom/left)	12h21m59s.99

Dec (center)	+47°17′57″.5
Dec (top/left)	+47°38′14″.7
Dec (top/right)	+47°38′57″.1
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°57′19″.3
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°56′38″.1

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