M106 in Canes Venatici
Imaged from Nova Scotia, Spring, 2016
LRGB Combination
Data
Altitude at culmination 87°
Minimum Airmass Value (sec z) 1.0
Taking Camera SBIG STL-11002XM
Nova Scotia Spring, 2016, ~mag 6.4 - @-20C
Imaging OTA
AG Optics iDK 14.5"
Equivalent focal length and ratio
2465mm f/6.7
Mount
Astro-Physics 1600GTO
Guiding
PHD2/ONAG/Lodestar X-2
LRGB Total integration time 29.5hrs
L 60X10min, R-39x10 min, G-39x10 min, B-39x10 min-Astrodon Gen 2 I series Filters. Binned 1X1
Acquisition
Main Sequence Software-Sequence Generator Pro
Calibration and Stacking
Darks, Flats and Bias - Stacked and calibrated with PixInsight
Reprocessed Jan 2023
PixInsight, Affinity Photo v.2.03 and Bob Franke's CCDBand-Aid
Numerous, more distant galaxies are within this same field of view, including the prominent, edge-on spiral NGC 4217, located only 13 minutes of arc from M106.
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