M106 Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici | steve coates

By: steve coates March 18, 2013 0

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Photographer:

steve coates

Location of Photo:

Ocala, Florida

Date/Time of photo:

March 14 and 15, 2013

Equipment:

Orion 80mm EON Orion 50mm guidescope with SSAG QSI 683 ws Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter

Description:

M106 with accompanying galaxies NGC 4217, NGC 4248, NGC 4232, NGC 4231 and NGC 4220. Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici ~23.7 million light years distant March 14 and 15, 2013 Ocala, FL Combination of 6 min and 10 min exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 6 hours 40 min 1 hours each RGB 3 hours and 40 min Luminance PS CS5