0bject | M106 Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici |
Date | April 13-19, 2023 |
Exposure | LHaRGB 815:490:95:95:95 (26.5 hours, 1/2 crop) |
Camera | STL11000 w/Astrodon Gen 3 filters |
Telescope | ASA 10N f/3.75 on AP900 GTO |
Guiding | External guide head with MiniBorg 50mm |
Processing | MaximDL, Photoshop CS6, Astronomy Tools,Topaz Denoise AI, StarXterminator |
Comments | Moderate to good seeing; acquired with CCD Commander from Animas, NM |
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0bject | M106 Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici |
Date | May 20-22, 2020 |
Exposure | Luminance only 240 minutes (4 hours) |
Camera | STF8300 |
Telescope | FSQ106N f/5 on AP900 GTO |
Guiding | QHY5II w/Orion 50 mm |
Processing | MaximDL, Photoshop CS6, Topaz Denoise AI |
Comments | Moderate seeing; Oro Valley |
Object | M106 Galaxy in Canes Venatici |
Date | March 23-27, 2016 |
Exposure | LHαRGB 420:50:150:140:130 (14.8 hours, cropped) |
Camera | STL11000M with Astrodon Gen II ilters |
Telescope | ASA 10N f/3.7 on AP900GTO CP3 |
Guiding | External guide head with MiniBorg 50mm |
Processing | MaximDL, PhotoshopCS6, AstroActions, NIK Sharpener and Dfine2 |
Comments | Good seeing but with some moonlight; acquired with CCD Commander from Rancho Hidalgo, NM |
Object | M106 Galaxy in Canes Venatici |
Date | 4/21 & 4/28/2008 |
Exposure | LRGB 165:55:50:50 (unbinned and cropped) |
Camera | STL11000M with Astronomik filters |
Telescope | Celestron C8 f/6.3 on Losmandy G11 w/Gemini |
Guiding | External guide head with E-finder |
Processing | MaximDL, PhotoshopCS3, FITS Liberator |
Comments | Clear and cool, moderate transparency |
Object | M106 Galaxy in Canes Venatici |
Date | 4/1 and 4/2/2004 |
Exposure | L(Ha+R)GB 264:(40+32):32:32 |
Camera | SXV-H9 w/ Schuler filters |
Telescope | LX200 10" @f6.3 |
Guiding | ST-4, Takahashi 76mm f6 |
Processing | AIP4Win, Photoshop |
Comments | Bright moon, good transparency |