The Details
Object
M106 in Canes Venatici
Optics
Astro-Physics 160 EDF Refractor at f/7.5
Platform
Astro-Physics 1200 GTO
Camera
SBIG ST-10XME
Filters
Tru-Balance LRGB filter set
Date
14 March 2007
Location
Red Cloud Road, Eastern Riverside County CA
Exposure
L 12 x 300 sec 1x1 bin; RGB 5 x 300 sec, 1x1 bin
Software
Maxim DL/CCD, Photoshop CS2
Orientation

Field of View: 35'44" x 26'00" centered on RA 12h18m50s
DEC +47°18’38”. North angle 89.6 °; east 90° CCW from north.
Notes

Discovered by Pierre Mechain, a comet hunter and contemporary of Charles Messier, in July 1781. M106 is estimated to lie about 25 million light years from earth.

Also seen in the above image is the faint irregular galaxy UGC 7356 to the left of M106 and spiral galaxy NGC 4248 at about a 5 o-clock position from M106.

 

 

 

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