Messier 106 (Anthony Quintile)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 106 · NGC 4231 · NGC 4232 · NGC 4248 · NGC 4258 · PGC 166129 · PGC 213962 · PGC 2292458 · PGC 2294177 · PGC 2295162 · PGC 2296601 · PGC 2297038 · PGC 2299019 · PGC 2299122 · PGC 2299193 · PGC 2300116 · PGC 2300125 · PGC 2300151 · PGC 2300772 · PGC 3087510 · PGC 39615

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Final Image is a crop of this full image: https://www.astrobin.com/2x81do/D/

Please also see crop of NGC 4217: https://www.astrobin.com/2x81do/F/

Making the best of galaxy season!

I was surprised by how many smaller galaxies are in this field. They're big enough to resolve some details in many of them.

This was my first image with my secondary spider flocked with some sticky-backed velour I found on Amazon. It really seems to keep the diffraction spikes under control by preventing brighter off-axis stars from causing extremely long spikes. There aren't any really bright stars in this image, but some quick observations of Polaris and other really bright stars seem to confirm the effectiveness of adding flocking to the spider.

I used GHS a few times while stretching this image, but I often resort back to Curves Transformation since GHS can be a limiting sometimes when trying to bring out contrast at specific brightnesses. Photoshop trained me well, and I am getting much more comfortable with Curves Transformation in PI now.

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Title: Messier 106 Crop

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Title: NGC 4217 Crop

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Description: Minor SCNR green and background NoiseX, fixed LHE artifact

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Description: Minor SCNR green and background NoiseX, M 106 crop, fixed LHE artifact

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Description: Minor SCNR green and background NoiseX, NGC 4217 crop, fixed LHE artifact

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Status	Advanced success
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Astrometry.net job	9702939
PixInsight job	5HS5G96VH110NELYBX3VX5FUWZGHC4XS
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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	12h18m19s.671
RA (top/left)	12h20m41s.773
RA (top/right)	12h17m05s.593
RA (bottom/right)	12h15m57s.900
RA (bottom/left)	12h19m32s.891

Dec (center)	+47°20′03″.35
Dec (top/left)	+47°27′38″.59
Dec (top/right)	+47°41′55″.20
Dec (bottom/right)	+47°12′12″.73
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°58′00″.51

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