M106 and Environs (Michael Feigenbaum)

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

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Here we have another StellarVue 90mm/200mm Newton hybrid image. The iconic M106 galaxy and it's immediate neighborhood.

I had initially done the field work for this with the 90mm and had begun processing this. I liked the color and certain other aspects of how it was developing but it was missing some pop. So I thought why not try to augment what I had done with some L data collected with the Newt. So I collected that and it seemed to be a bit better. I still was not pleased with the Ha work so I collected some more of that (during a nearly full moon) with the Newt. That really seemed to make a big difference as I wanted to try to capture the jets if possible.

Of course, I made an alignment error while switching cameras and telescopes to get this done which caused me to have to crop this in a way that I thought was very poor. But I did like a lot about the image and thought I would finish and post it.

I hope you like this one, clear skies and good health!

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RA (center)	12h16m45s.74
RA (top/left)	12h19m49s.97
RA (top/right)	12h18m59s.99
RA (bottom/right)	12h13m40s.24
RA (bottom/left)	12h14m34s.20

Dec (center)	+47°13′58″.7
Dec (top/left)	+47°03′03″.7
Dec (top/right)	+47°38′15″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+47°24′35″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°49′32″.0

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