M106

[Xplode]

M106 has been the seasons hardest target for me as i've struggled with the condions a lot so this has been imaged over many nights from start of March till start of April.

To get enough signal with the slow scope and not that great a site i had to resort to 2x2 bin to finish the RGB before the end of the season.

L: 38x600" bin 1x1
R: 39x300" bin 1x1
R: 42x300" bin 2x2
G: 39x300" bin 1x1
G: 44x300" bin 2x2
B: 42x300" bin 1x1
B: 21x300" bin 2x2

Total 25 hours
Also 13 hours more was threwn away because of low quality.

Gear
10 Micron GM2000 UP
Takahashi TOA150B with 67 FL field flattener (1100mm, f/7.3)
Moravian G3-16200

All data is gathered from Askvang observatory (In Norway) belonging to my friend Tommy Linnerud.

Conditions have varied from 19.50 to 20.5 SQM.

Unfortunately i didn't think too much about the FOV before i started or else i would have catched all of NGC4217 at the top instead of just 3/4.

[Demonperformer]

Very nice result, Ole, with plenty of "tiddlers" in there as well.

[SIDO]

Very nice, well worth the effort...Looks great!

[ollypenrice]

Nice clean result from plenty of data.

There are also some very exciting Ha features in this galaxy if you're not too tired!

Olly

[Xplode]

I do actually have Ha data from the observatory down in Spain that i combined with it, but i normally don't create and publish images with mixed source.
Here's the HaLRGB version with 103x600s Ha, a little over 17 hours.

There's not much to take Ha of during spring for a 645mm FL scope so i ended up with quite a few hours on M106, new scope should hopefully be installed within a couple of months.

 

The jet can be seen pretty easy here, but it can actually also be seen very slightly in the LRGB version.