Observation by John Hughes: Messier 106 and the dangers of astrophot...

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Mr John William Hughes

Observer

John Hughes

Observed

2021 Jan 21 - 20:00

Uploaded

2022 Mar 01 - 14:06

Objects

M106

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Constellation

Canes Venatici

Field centre

RA: 12^h18^m
Dec: +47°18'
Position angle: +0°25'

Field size

1°46' × 1°21'

Equipment

William Optics Z103
ZWO ASI1600mm Pro Cool
SkyWatcher EQ6R-Pro mount
Chroma 1.25” LRGB filters

Exposure

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Location

North Essex

Target name

Messier 106

Title

Messier 106 and the dangers of astrophotography

About this image

I started this image on 21st January 2021. At 4am the next morning I arose to go outside and pack up my gear. That was the plan anyway.

What actually happened was I got up, blacked out and fell to the bedroom floor. In fact my head, arms and torso fell to the floor, my left foot had other plans and stayed firmly planted on the deck then released a loud crack as I turned over on it. Hospital followed, then a big boot and I never returned to M106.

Until now.

Presented in LRGB as follows;

21/01/2021 - R:G:B 3 minutes exposures (25:39:29)

26/27 Feb 2022 - L:R:G:B 2 minute exposures (130:60:55:60)

Total integration time - 14.8 hours.

Files associated with this observation

M106_LRGB.jpg (1.0 MB)

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