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27 x 600 secs in Lum 24 x 300 secs in Red 24 x 300 secs in Green 21 x 300 secs in Blue Ha 10 x 1800 secs. Total 15 Hrs 15 mins. Taken when the Moon was almost full so not the best conditions but as not imaged in quite a while had to get out there and make the most of it. Ha was also taken when the moon was almost full luckily I also captured the Ha jet that shoots out from the centre so pretty pleased.
Messier 106 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth. It is also a Seyfert II galaxy.
Optics: Skywatcher Esprit 120 F7
Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -15C
Image Scale: 1.07 Arcsec
Guiding: OAG
Filters: Baader LRGB
Mount: Skywatcher AZ EQ6-GT EQ & Alt-Az Mount connected to the Sky X and Eqmod via HitecAstro EQDIR adapter
Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro
Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight
Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC
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