April 17, 2020: four more hours on M106

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Grabbed 4 hours of data on M106, from my Bortle 5 back garden, using the Meade SN6 and ASI183MC camera. I did have some issues with dew on the corrector plate at the end of the session. Must crank up the power to the dew strip.

 

Using just these 4 hours I get this, which I feel is clearly better than my previous 2h efforts

Adding the 2 h from the night before I get this:

Which gives some improvement, I feel. Finally, adding data from April 15, which was taken with the camera rotated roughly 90 degrees with respect to the others, I get this

The top 2/3rda are 8 hour, the bottom still just 6. I might get more in the coming nights to see what further improvements I can get. I might also go for a mosaic, to grab the wider area around M106, which contains more fuzzies. That said, extending my data on Markarian's Chain is also tempting. Choices, choices.

 

 

 

[2STAR]

Nice looking image, natural colour minus any 'Bling', well worth the time you put in.

regards

eric

[MarkAR]

Last image definitely looks like has more detail in the outlying arms.

Lovely image and very natural looking.