Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4218  ·  NGC 4220  ·  NGC 4226  ·  NGC 4231  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M106 and Friends, Greg Mason
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M106 and Friends

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M106 and Friends, Greg Mason
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M106 and Friends

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Description

M106 is one of the first targets I imaged when I first got the ASI2600MC.  I was never able to process the data to my satisfaction, so I let it sit.  I dug it out today, and I'm glad I did.  Not bad.

PixInsight Workflow

Weighted Batch Pre-Processing:

2X Drizzle Integration
Autocrop

Post-Processing:

GradientCorrection
BlurXterminator - Correction Only
SpectrophotometricColorCalibration w/BackgroundNeutralization
BlurXterminator
TGVDenoise
MultiScaleMedianTransform
ArcsinhStretch
HistogramTransformation - Black Point for contrast
LocalHistogramEqualization
MultiscalLinearTransform
CurvesTransformation - Saturation

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M106 and Friends, Greg Mason

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ZWO ASI 2600MC PRO
Texas Astronomy