M 106

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 106 · NGC 4217 · NGC 4226 · NGC 4231 · NGC 4232 · NGC 4248 · NGC 4258 · PGC 166129 · PGC 166131 · PGC 213956 · PGC 213962 · PGC 2285444 · PGC 2286698 · PGC 2286962 · PGC 2287849 · PGC 2288029 · PGC 2289254 · PGC 2289676 · PGC 2291779 · PGC 2291939 · PGC 2292054 · PGC 2292458 · PGC 2292932 · PGC 2293016 · PGC 2293173 · PGC 2294177 · PGC 2295162 · PGC 2296601 · PGC 2296854 · PGC 2297038 · And 30 more.

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This group is a celebrity these days, not only for me but also for others here.

I personally like the field as a mixture of the prominent M 106, the nice little NGC 4217 and its dust band and the colourful "star cluster" around it. This makes it a perfect target for my FOV.

Almost exactly a year ago this was already a project of mine with the same setup.

With longer exposure the result this time is better, especially with less noise. Bringing out the fainter arms is hard stuff for me. It happend for the cost of a brighter core. I wish I could have brought out the details there better.

Hope you like it!

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PixInsight stage	TASK_LOG

RA (center)	12h17m13s.78
RA (top/left)	12h22m25s.41
RA (top/right)	12h12m39s.40
RA (bottom/right)	12h12m07s.51
RA (bottom/left)	12h21m42s.00

Dec (center)	+47°18′03″.4
Dec (top/left)	+47°45′06″.5
Dec (top/right)	+47°54′52″.3
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°50′10″.6
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°40′30″.2

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