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Old 09-06-2013, 03:39 AM
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M106 Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici

I set out to add some Ha data to this but my southeasten US skies started to thicken up for the summer.
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
Orion 80mm EON
Orion 50mm guidescope with SSAG
QSI 683 ws
Losmandy G-11 with Gemini II
Hutech IDAS Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) Filter
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