Located nearly 25 million lightyears from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici, M106 displays a beautiful array of color and depth. This one was tough with my setup, but I'm excited to learn more about capturing galaxies!
Check out the full frame photo on Astrobin:Â https://app.astrobin.com/i/xd9zxu
Imaging data:
- 254 subs x 120s – No filter
- 48 subs x 600s – L-Ultimate
Total integration time: 16h 28m
Equipment:
- Telescope: Apertura 90mm Triplet Refractor
- Main camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro
- Mount: ZWO AM5N
- Filters: Optolong L-Ultimate 2"
- Accessories: ZWO EAF Pro
- Guidescope: Apertura 32mm
- Guide camera: ZWO ASI220MM Mini
Processing:
- Pleiades Astrophoto PixInsight
- RC Astro BlurXTerminator
- RC Astro NoiseXTerminator
- RC Astro StarXTerminator
- Adobe Photoshop 2026
by spidermanbyday