M106
Characteristics:
RA: 12h 18m 57s
Dec: 47 degrees 18' 18"
Position Angle: 89 degrees
Description:
M106 is a bright spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes
Venatici, discovered by Pierre Mechain in 1781 and later added to
Messier's
catalog. Several surrounding galaxies are present in this
field of view. Please click here for
more
information about this interesting galaxy.
Photographic
Details:
Date: February 12, 2010
Scope: Vixen VC200L at f6.4 on the Takahashi NJP
Mount
Autoguider: SBIG ST-402 with
60mm guidescope, focal length 227mm
Camera: SBIG ST8300 at -20C, with
True
Technology Slim filter wheel
Filters: Astronomik
clear filter
Exposures: Clear, 210 minutes. Total
exposure 3.5 hours
Post-processing:
Calibrated in Maxim, aligned and
stacked using DeepSkyStacker, followed
by DDP
in ImagesPlus (IP). Further processing in Photoshop CS (16
bit format).
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