Observation by Graham Roberts: Messier 106

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Paul Downing

Observer

Graham Roberts

Observed

2020 Mar 20 - 23:00

Uploaded

2020 Jun 16 - 13:37

Objects

M106

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 12^h19^m
Dec: +47°17'
Position angle: -104°04'

Field size

2°11' × 1°45'

Equipment

William Optics GT81 + Focal Reducer FL 382mm f4.72
ZWO ASI1600mm Pro camera

Exposure

L x 58 R x 36 G x 36 B x 39 Ha x 20 x 180 secs. Total Time: 9hr 27 min

Location

Redhill, Surrey, UK

Target name

Messier 106

Title

Messier 106

About this image

Having last year discovered that I could see parts of the zenith region of the sky at Fairvale Observatory (North), in particular Ursa Major and adjacent constellations for short periods during the spring galaxy season, it was an obvious location to return to this year. Furthermore, a protracted period of good weather for most of 12-days coinciding with a New Moon provided an unprecedented opportunity to obtain long integration times on a number of smaller galaxies that abound there.

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