Messier 106 Galaxy
M106, a spiral arm galaxy with a massive black hole at the center is about 25 million light years distant. High in the sky right now, it is shown with companion galaxy NGC 4217 (at about 60 million ly) and a few smaller galaxies.
Tech Stuff: Borg 71FL/Borg 1.08 flattener/ZWO ASI1600MC cam/IDAS LPS-D2 filter/iOptron CubePro 8200 mount unguided/3.3 hours total exposure time using 8 second exposures captured with SharpCap Pro/processed with PixInsight and finished in ACDSee. From my yard 10 miles north of New York City March 3-5, 2022.
Messier 106 Galaxy
M106, a spiral arm galaxy with a massive black hole at the center is about 25 million light years distant. High in the sky right now, it is shown with companion galaxy NGC 4217 (at about 60 million ly) and a few smaller galaxies.
Tech Stuff: Borg 71FL/Borg 1.08 flattener/ZWO ASI1600MC cam/IDAS LPS-D2 filter/iOptron CubePro 8200 mount unguided/3.3 hours total exposure time using 8 second exposures captured with SharpCap Pro/processed with PixInsight and finished in ACDSee. From my yard 10 miles north of New York City March 3-5, 2022.