Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4220  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258  ·  NGC 4346
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M106 Galaxy, Herbert W Hamber
M106 Galaxy
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M106 Galaxy

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M106 Galaxy, Herbert W Hamber
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M106 Galaxy

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M106 Galaxy

SVbony SV550 122mm APO triplet refractor on Skywatcher HEQ5 Pro mount, Risingcam Sony IMX571 26Mp camera.

Natural color, no filters.

Total time  128 min, 15sec subs.

No guiding, no apps, no gadgets, optical polar alignment, manual focus with Bhatinov mask. No added or removed stars, no re-colored stars, no re-shaped stars.

Images stacked in DSS and minimally edited in Gimp.

At the University of California Steele/Burnand Desert Research Center (SBDRC) in Borrego Springs, Calif.

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M106 Galaxy, Herbert W Hamber