M106 and Friends in HaLRGB (Tim Hutchison)

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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Well AstroBin friends...we've all been there. This one fought me every step of the way.

Doing broadband from my backyard is always a challenge. The light pollution from the city makes it really tough to produce a great image. And to just make things more fun, I ended up with dust on my L filter that I just could not get to flat out. So between fixing the dust donuts and trying to get the background to look somewhat respectable, I put quite a bit of time into the post-processing of this image... Likely, too much as I may have ended up ultimately making things worse, but it's time to call it. This image has REALLY made me appreciate the dark skies I get at Deep Sky West even more.

However, I just fell in love with the composition and field of view, so I had to post it! With my SCT I was focused right in on M106, so I never even knew there were so many other galaxies in the neighborhood. It was fun to do a little bit wider view of this beautiful object and get all of its pals.

Hope you enjoy it as well. Please be kind...I know it's not a show stopper... 😂

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Astrometry.net job	4318158
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RA (center)	12h18m58s.852
RA (top/left)	12h24m56s.821
RA (top/right)	12h12m53s.668
RA (bottom/right)	12h13m10s.350
RA (bottom/left)	12h24m54s.923

Dec (center)	+47°18′08″.95
Dec (top/left)	+47°58′20″.82
Dec (top/right)	+47°56′25″.91
Dec (bottom/right)	+46°36′51″.39
Dec (bottom/left)	+46°38′42″.92

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