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M106 Spiral galaxy
M106 can be found in the constellation Canes Venatici. Binoculars will show it as a smudge in a dark enough sky. However, an 8 inch telescope will start to reveal some detail. It's a wonder we see it at all, given that it's almost 24 million light years away from us. Maybe it's the light of the estimated 400 billion stars it holds within that helps us to see it.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools.
M106 Spiral galaxy
M106 can be found in the constellation Canes Venatici. Binoculars will show it as a smudge in a dark enough sky. However, an 8 inch telescope will start to reveal some detail. It's a wonder we see it at all, given that it's almost 24 million light years away from us. Maybe it's the light of the estimated 400 billion stars it holds within that helps us to see it.
Boring techie bit:
Skywatcher Quattro 8" Newtonian Reflector steel tube with the f4 aplanatic coma corrector, Skywatcher EQ6 R pro mount, Altair Starwave 50mm guide scope, ZWO asi120mm guide camera mini, ZWO asi533mc pro cooled to -10c, Optolong L'enhance 2" filter, ZWO asiair plus.
Stacked with DeepSkyStacker and processed in StarTools.