Messier 106 - Widefield (Steve Milne)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 106 · NGC 4217 · NGC 4220 · NGC 4248 · NGC 4258

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Messier 106 - Widefield

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Messier 106 - Widefield

Link: https://stevemilne.smugmug.com/Photos/Sky/Galaxies/i-mS6xv2v

Messier 106 is a barred galaxy that is approximately 24 million light years distant in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

This is a widefield image showing Messier 106 and a number of 'nearby' galaxies. These include: NGC 4217 (lower left corner; ~60 Mly); NGC 4220 (right edge, below centre; ~60 Mly); NGC 4248 (just below M106; ~24 Mly; and the physical pair NGC 4231 and 4232 (just below NGC 4248 - more than 300 Mly). The pair of stars near NGC 4217 remind me somewhat of Albireo - these stars are catalogued as TYC3455-739-1 (orange) and TYC3455-592-1 (blue).

I cropped the image square around what I considered to be the main areas of interest. We also have some higher resolution (0.75") data of M106 shot through our TEC 140 plus QSI 690 rig. Some of this data was used to give a little more detail to the main galaxy.

Data for this image were collected between 4 and 23 February 2020 from a rig in Spain that is privately owned and operated by Barry Wilson and me.

Capture details are as follows:

Telescope: Takahashi FSQ 106

Camera: QSI 683

Filters: Astrodon

Mount: 10 Micron GM1000HPS

Ha: 24 x 1200s

Lum: 42 x 600s

Red: 24 x 600s

Green 24 x 600s

Blue: 24 x 600s

A total of 27 hours exposure.

Data: Steve Milne; Barry Wilson

Processing: Steve Milne

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