nightcasper Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 M106 was captured from our other site ICAstronomy in Oria. This has got to be my favourite galaxy of them all. The processing was a lot easier than the last time I processed it as this data was taken from a dark site in Spain and not from light polluted UK. Some Info about M106: Messier 106 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth. It is also a Seyfert II galaxy. Lum 51x900 Secs Red 19x600 Secs Green 10x600 Secs Blue 10x600 Secs Ha 26x1800 Secs 32 Hours 15 mins in total. Equipment used: Telescope: Tec 140 F7 Camera: Xpress Trius SX-694 Mono Cooled to -15C Image Scale: 0.95 Guiding: OAG Filters: Astronomik Deep-Sky RGB,Astronomik Luminance filters L-3,Astronomik Ha 6nm Mount: iOptron CEM60 "Standard" GOTO Centre Balanced Equatorial Mount Image Acquisition: Sequence Generator Pro Stacking and Calibrating: Pixinsight Processing: Pixinsight 1.8, Photoshop CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomato Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Superb image, great detail and colour. You have made full use of your good location.👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_galera Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Superb image with lots of detail.....and from a good location. I actually live in the village of Galera which is about 20KM from Oria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 7 hours ago, tomato said: Superb image, great detail and colour. You have made full use of your good location.👍 Thank you 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 Fantastic image... smooth and detailed..32 hours!! just goes to show that the exposure time is necessary for quality astro images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 6 hours ago, dave_galera said: Superb image with lots of detail.....and from a good location. I actually live in the village of Galera which is about 20KM from Oria. Hi Dave Thanks for the comment been to Galera afew times do you have a dome by any chance? I work at ICastronomy it's Definitely a great location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, MarsG76 said: Fantastic image... smooth and detailed..32 hours!! just goes to show that the exposure time is necessary for quality astro images. Yep you Definitely need to put the time in and having good skies help 😉. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsG76 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, nightcasper said: Yep you Definitely need to put the time in and having good skies help 😉. Yeah, sky quality.. quite important hihi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_galera Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 1 hour ago, nightcasper said: Hi Dave Thanks for the comment been to Galera afew times do you have a dome by any chance? I work at ICastronomy it's Definitely a great location. Hi, yes I do have a dome, the only one in Galera as far as I know. I also know Colin from ICAstronomy, went to his place in the Jalon valley for a Pixinsight course that was being held there. You have a good site at Oria as the air here is dry and transparency is very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, dave_galera said: Hi, yes I do have a dome, the only one in Galera as far as I know. I also know Colin from ICAstronomy, went to his place in the Jalon valley for a Pixinsight course that was being held there. You have a good site at Oria as the air here is dry and transparency is very good. It's a small world Colin has made the move from Alcalali to Oria we also have a place near Castillejar where we are setting up another Hosting site and going to be running some courses from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_galera Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, nightcasper said: It's a small world Colin has made the move from Alcalali to Oria we also have a place near Castillejar where we are setting up another Hosting site and going to be running some courses from there. I did meet Colin a couple of months ago when he look at a friends very large property, think just before he bought the place at Castillejar............if you are ever around give me a shout and we can meet up. Just a comment, you need to update your website to let prospective customers know what is happening with the new sites....with a few images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 44 minutes ago, dave_galera said: I did meet Colin a couple of months ago when he look at a friends very large property, think just before he bought the place at Castillejar............if you are ever around give me a shout and we can meet up. We are just in the process of updating the website as we speak. There are no more places available left at Oria it's full. Maybe come and have a site visit at Oria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_l Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 38 minutes ago, nightcasper said: It's a small world Colin has made the move from Alcalali to Oria we also have a place near Castillejar where we are setting up another Hosting site and going to be running some courses from there. So fairly near to me. I'm just outside Benamaurel towards Jabalcon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 14 minutes ago, pete_l said: So fairly near to me. I'm just outside Benamaurel towards Jabalcon. Yes not to far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_galera Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 13 hours ago, nightcasper said: We are just in the process of updating the website as we speak. There are no more places available left at Oria it's full. Maybe come and have a site visit at Oria? Can I have directions to Oria site, can't find them anywhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 10 hours ago, dave_galera said: Can I have directions to Oria site, can't find them anywhere I will PM you the directions. When are you thinking about coming over? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_galera Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 On 14/06/2019 at 22:14, nightcasper said: I will PM you the directions. When are you thinking about coming over? Thanks received, will think when we can get around.....just being nosy really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcasper Posted June 16, 2019 Author Share Posted June 16, 2019 2 hours ago, dave_galera said: Thanks received, will think when we can get around.....just being nosy really. Ok 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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