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M106
This another first both in terms of galxies and the fact I was using remote desktop from the bedroom.
This is just a quick stack usinf lights and darks, I hadn't quite worked out the mode the camera should have been on for taking images with eosbackyard, turns out it's manuak not bulb for lights darks and bias.
M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth.
It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781.
ConstellationCanes Venatici
Right ascension 12h 18m 57.5s
Declination+47° 18′ 14″
Redshift448 ± 3 km/s
Distance23.7 ± 1.5 Mly (7 ± 0.5 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)8.4
M106
This another first both in terms of galxies and the fact I was using remote desktop from the bedroom.
This is just a quick stack usinf lights and darks, I hadn't quite worked out the mode the camera should have been on for taking images with eosbackyard, turns out it's manuak not bulb for lights darks and bias.
M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth.
It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781.
ConstellationCanes Venatici
Right ascension 12h 18m 57.5s
Declination+47° 18′ 14″
Redshift448 ± 3 km/s
Distance23.7 ± 1.5 Mly (7 ± 0.5 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)8.4