We propose our new deep sky target, imaged from the remote observatory in Portugal by the
AstroDarkTeam composed of Pascal Gouraud and Stéphane Rolland.
Thanks again to the French Astro ARO team for the efficient management of this superb site which hosts us.
M106 is a spiral galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation at a distance of about 24 million light years.
Its dimension of 130,000 light years is a little larger than our Galaxy.
It is a spiral galaxy with 4 spiral arms, two of which are clearly visible.
Its core is very active and jets of Ha can be seen on either side of the core, due to the presence of a super massive black hole.
Technical details
A total exposure of 37 hours and 45 minutes was carried out between April 10 and 25, 2023
(32 hours in LRGB and 5.66 hours in Ha)
TOA telescope 130 mm diameter, 1000 mm focal length, field flattener, Moonlite Nightcrawler 35 focuser/rotator,
ASI2600MM monochrome camera cooled to -10 degrees, ZWO filter wheel with 36mm LRGBSHO Chroma filters
ZWO autoguiding optical splitter with ASI290MM camera
EQ8-R mount
NINA software with advanced and automated sequencer, PHD2 autoguiding,
Pixinsight and Photoshop processing.
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