M106 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici (Brian Hayward)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 106 · NGC 4217 · NGC 4220 · NGC 4226 · NGC 4231 · NGC 4232 · NGC 4248 · NGC 4258 · NGC 4346

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M106 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

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M106 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

This is my second attempt at M106 from my backyard. What a difference 2 years of experience, an upgraded camera and more exposure time can make.

First attempt can be found here: https://www.astrobin.com/54pi4d/

Both were taken from the same Bortle 7 backyard, though the newest version had a larger moon phase. There was a very significant gradient from the moon that could only be addressed after I cropped it significantly. I'm going to have to capture this one from a dark site next time, as it is quite an interesting galaxy, with some amazing companion galaxies in the same field of view!

Equipment:

Skywatcher Esprit 100 Triplet
EQ6-R Pro mount
Pegasus Astro EF
SVBony Guide scope / Camera
Stellarmate OS on a Raspberry Pi 4.

Data:

48x180s Lights
263x120s Lights
Calibrated with Darks, Flats and Dark Flats.

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B
C
Final
D

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RA (center)	12h19m41s.30
RA (top/left)	12h24m46s.32
RA (top/right)	12h15m56s.31
RA (bottom/right)	12h14m39s.81
RA (bottom/left)	12h23m20s.15

Dec (center)	+47°17′11″.2
Dec (top/left)	+47°36′14″.4
Dec (top/right)	+47°57′00″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°57′22″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°36′57″.3

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