Messier 106
Photo by Arun Hegde
Scope / Lens
TS-Optics 200mm/8" ONTC f/4 Newtonian (carbon tube)
Camera
ZWO ASI533MM Pro
Exposure
Frames:Chroma Blue 31 mm: 29x180"(1h 27') (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Chroma Green 31 mm: 58x180"(2h 54') (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Chroma H-alpha 5nm Bandpass 31 mm: 31x300"(2h 35') (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Chroma Red 31 mm: 58x180"(2h 54') (gain: 100.00) -10°C bin 1x1
Integration:
9h 50'
Description
A relatively short integration of Messier 106 to close out galaxy season. Getting good galaxy images is not easy from Bortle 6 - flats need to be perfect, and even with an 8" scope, you're going to need a lot more than 10 hours. But 10 hours is what the weather gave me, so here is the resulting imperfect image.I just discovered, after reading the description of another imager's work, which I think is pretty cool. Just above NGC 4248 is a cluster of red shifted galaxies ClG J1217+4730. I initially thought they were defects in the image, but they are red because they are red shifted - located 3.163 billion light years away. So yes, I wish this image was deeper, but now I think it is rather incredible that we can capture this stuff from home.
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