M106 and Environs (Michael Feigenbaum)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 106 · NGC 4217 · NGC 4220 · NGC 4226 · NGC 4231 · NGC 4232 · NGC 4248 · NGC 4258 · NGC 4346

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Here we have the beautiful M106 area. Messier 106 is a galaxy with some similarities to M31 in size and number of stars. It is also a Seyfert galaxy. It lies approximately 26 million lys away which corresponds to a diameter of 135,000 lys. There are a number of other galaxies in the FOV, probably the most interesting of which is the edge-on NGC 4217 in the lower right corner of the image which is likely gravitationally bound to M106.

This was rather difficult to image because I have some obstructions to my FOV to the North along with LP from the Phoenix, Arizona light dome. This limited me to about a two hour imaging window each night. I had to discard a higher than normal amount of subs because of some walking noise.

I made the effort to tone down the saturation levels that I find myself using and I believe that resulted in a more realistic depiction. Curiously, the two bright stars, a blue star and a yellow star in the lower right of the image were really strongly chromatic. It was noticeable even in the raw stack.

Anyway, comments and criticism always welcome and Clear Skies!

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RA (center)	12h18m55s.71
RA (top/left)	12h24m58s.81
RA (top/right)	12h16m45s.32
RA (bottom/right)	12h12m53s.34
RA (bottom/left)	12h21m01s.37

Dec (center)	+47°13′23″.7
Dec (top/left)	+47°15′37″.6
Dec (top/right)	+48°11′00″.6
Dec (bottom/right)	+47°09′57″.10
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°15′38″.3

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