M106

Technical Information:

 

QHY168C Camera:

 

Telescope: AIRY APO 130T PrimaLuceLab

Mount: Paramount MyT - Software Bisque

Camera : QHY168C -- GAIN:10 ; OFFSET:50 -- -20°C

Filter: Optolong 2" L-Pro, Optolong 2" L-eNhance

Frames: RGGB:

L-Pro: 150 x 240s -- L-eNhance: 6 x 600s

Total Integration: 11 Hours

Software: SGP – TheSkyX – PHD2 – PixInsight – CS6

Location: Noventa di Piave (Venice) 4 meter above sea level – ITALY

Environment Temperature: About 0°C

Relative Humidity: 84%

Date: 16.01.20 - 22.01.20 - 23.01.20

 

 

QHY9 Camera:

 

Telescope: AIRY APO 130T

Mount: NEQ6-Pro

Camera : QHY9 -- -20°C

Filter: Optolong Luminance 36mm

Frames: 90 x 240s

Total Integration: 6 Hours

Software: SGP – PHD2

Location: Noventa di Piave - (Venice) 4meter above sea level – ITALY

Environment Temperature: N/A

Relative Humidity: N/A

Date: 17.04.18

 

Total Integration: 17 Hours

 

NOTE: The image was acquired from a very polluted sky ( Red Zone - where I live ).

 

M106 has been a challenging object for me. I had some data of Luminance of 2 years ago I wanted to add to the one took with the QHY168C. The result is nice considering my real FOV with the QHY168C that makes M106 small... The Luminance data give me some more details... L-Pro did his job, too!

Done