Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4220  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
M106, Steve Coates
M106
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M106

Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici

~23.7 million light years distant

March 14 and 15, 2013

Ocala, FL

Combination of 6 min and 10 min exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 6 hours 40 min

1 hours each RGB

3 hours and 40 min Luminance

PS CS5

Orion 80mm EON

Orion 50mm guidescope with SSAG

QSI 683 ws

Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II

Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

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M106, Steve Coates