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M106 Galaxy
M106
Object
Type Spiral Galaxy
Constellation Canes Venatici
Distance 25,000,000 ly
More Info
Image
Date 09 Mar 2013 (Winter)
Place Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA
Exposure Data LHaRGB 120:60:60:60:60 mins @ -30C
Lum 12x10, Ha 4x15 (bin 1x1), R 6x10, G 6x10, B 6x10 (bin 2x2)
Notes
Equipment
Optics Celestron C11 Carbon Fiber SCT w/XLT
Focal Length 1867mm @f/6.67
Mount Astro-Physics 900GTO
Camera QSI 683wsg-8
Focuser Robo-Focus
Filters Astrodon Gen 2 LRGB
Software Maxim DL, CCDStack, Photoshop