M106

M106 Galaxy

M106

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Object Info

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Distance

25,000,000 ly

Capture Details

Date

March 9, 2013

Location

Little Blair Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert, CA

Exposure

Lum 12x10, Ha 4x15 (bin 1x1), R 6x10, G 6x10, B 6x10 (bin 2x2)

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