M106 - those amazing H-alpha jets! (James Clark)

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

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M106 - those amazing H-alpha jets!

69 hours of data (over 40h of H-alpha) over two Winters, two scopes and three cameras.
Still work-in-progress - needs more mono RGB in particular

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Title: Wider angle version using AstroPinoy's Gradient Merge Mosaic method

Description: The Hydrogen alpha jets and clouds of this galaxy fascinate me. This is an ongoing work-in-progress collecting as much data as I can.
Currently 69 hours in total, being 40.5 h of H-alpha, 14 h RGB and 14h Luminance. The Ha and RGB are both combinations of last year's OSC data (L-Pro and L-Extreme with an ASI 2600MC) and mono data from this year, using an ASI533MM and an ASI2600MM. Most data shot with my 8" EdgeHD but also some mono RGB with my 106mm refractor at 700mm - this mono RGB data was used for the surrounding panels to build the wider angle version.
I really want to collect lots more data, particularly EdgeHD mono RGB data, but weather conditions have really limited this year's collection.

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RA (center)	12h18m56s.840
RA (top/left)	12h21m13s.114
RA (top/right)	12h19m03s.217
RA (bottom/right)	12h16m40s.297
RA (bottom/left)	12h18m50s.611

Dec (center)	+47°18′53″.90
Dec (top/left)	+47°15′02″.21
Dec (top/right)	+47°42′17″.80
Dec (bottom/right)	+47°22′33″.79
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°55′29″.54

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