M106

(NGC 4258)

Full size 1260 x 953

Photo Details:

• Instrument: Vixen R200SS on GP-DX.
• Filters: None, Baader MPCC
• Exposure: 50 min. 13 x 180 + 5 x 240 sec.
• Camera: Starlight Xpress SXV-H9C
• Software: Maxim DL, FocusMax, Photoshop CS2.
• Location: 59 11 47.83 N. - 10 22 29.33 E 
• Date: 20.04.2007
• Comments: Pretty bright galaxy with faint arms, the core gets burned out quite easy with long exposures so had to take a set of 180 sec. but I could have gone down to 60 sec. to get even more details. The small galaxy at top right is NGC 4248 and the little smudge below M106 is PGC 39615.

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