The Messier 106 galaxy (M106) and some of its neighbours in the Canes Venatici constellation shot over 1-1/2 nights on April 15 & 16.
M106 is approximately 22-25 Million light years from Earth and is part of the Canes II group of galaxies, which is part of the Local Supercluster. It is comparable in size and luminosity to the Andromeda galaxy, though ~10 times more distant, hence its smaller apparent size from Earth.
This image is composed from a stack of 90 x 300s sub-exposures (7h 30m total). Captured with an Askar FRA400 astrograph (400mm focal length, f/5.6) and a ZWO ASI183MC Pro RGB camera with an Optolong L-Enhance light pollution filter and using the Kstars/Ekos and PHD2 software (Astroberry image) on a Raspberry Pi 4. Stacking and processing with Pixinsight and Darktable.
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M106 / NGC 4268
Distance: ~22-25 Million LY. Size: ~135.000 LY
Integrationtime around 110min
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M106
Magnitude 8.4 intermediate spiral galaxy located 22 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. It is one of the largest and brightest nearby galaxies, similar in size and luminosity to the Andromeda Galaxy.
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"Here's a view into the central region of NGC 4258, aka Messier 106, a spiral galaxy 22 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. This image is made from two Hubble WFC3 observation sets performed in March 2015 (PI Rupali Chandar)."
NGC 4258 (Messier 106) by Jason Major
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