Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4226  ·  NGC 4231  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
M106 and friends - LRGB, dswtan
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M106 and friends - LRGB

M106 and friends - LRGB, dswtan
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M106 and friends - LRGB

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Bit of a struggle in capturing this! My first run at M106. LRGB only, Ha and the lovely streamers will have to wait now due to trees. Just hints here.

I felt very ignorant in somehow overlooking this wonderful target in previous years, distracted by the other "showpiece" targets nearby, so this is a first for me, embarrassingly. I captured it in small pieces too, further distracted by other things, and nursing a CGX mount that likely badly needs a Hypertune. Also lost most of my L sessions due to cloud and a Meridian Flip failure or two. Noted some special light pollution too, not seen before - neighbor's lights?

60 sec subs, 120 gain, 40 offset - over 10 short sessions May 4-12 due to trees.

83x R

76x G

83x B

93x L2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_106

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M106 and friends - LRGB, dswtan

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