M106 LRGB - An Image at Last

[jcm]

Last night ( 7th March) was clear enough to attempt some imaging though the clouds did roll in after midnight. Rather a lot of haze did not help matters so I chose M106 which was fairly high up and in the opposite direction to the Moon.

Scope - 8" RC working a F5.6

Camera - Atik 460EX

Mount - EQ8

7 X 8mins for each filter - Red, Green, Blue and Luminance

John

[jcm]

Boosted the colour a bit.

John

[peter shah]

beautifully done John nice detail in the core

[cfpendock]

I like that very much.

Chris

[astro mick]

Very nice indeed.

Mick.

[carastro]

Very nice, not seen that much detail in the core before.

Carole 

[jcm]

Thanks for the positive comments. Getting the RC scope collimated properly seems to have improved my images.

John

[andyo]

that's really nice well done