Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4258
M106, raadoo
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M106

M106, raadoo
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M106

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6h over two nights of gathering data of M106. Even though it's a mag 8.5 galaxy, it's a surprisingly dim target, as evident by not a lot of signal to noise ratio.
Still, galaxy season waits for no one, and with a few weeks of cloudy nights ahead of me, there's no point in waiting to gather more data.

Quite happy with the Mewlon 180 as a galaxy hunter, despite it not being meant for it, especially paired with the IMX432. I was even able to do proper polar alignment in Sharpcap with the main camera (Luminance filter).

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M106, raadoo

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