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M106_HaLRGB_5-5-2018_1-4-2019

            Well this is a rework of M106 from last year but now includes 1h 20 min. of Ha added to the red channel. Adding the Ha has shown up the Ha jet from the centre of the Galaxy which was not visible in my original image. I was inspired to attempt this after seeing an image of M106 posted on Flickr by @Pete_xl. 
I was going to capture some Ha but to my surprise I found I had already got this data from last year but never included it, don’t know why, just forgot. When I added the Ha to the red channel the jet showed up nicely but when I added the luminance back in it got completely washed out. In the end I added the Ha data to the luminance which solve this problem.

Object Description:-
M106 Galaxy is an intermediate spiral galaxy at a distanced of 22 - 25 million light-years away from Earth with a diameter of 135,000 light-years in the constellation Canes Venatici. M106 contains an active nucleus classified as a Type 2 Seyfert, with the presence of supermassive black hole at the core. It has a visual magnitude of 8.4.


EQUIPMENT:-
Telescope Meade 6000 115mm and AZ-EQ6 GT
ZWO ASI1600mm-Cool cmos camera
Orion Mini Auto Guide
ZWO RGB Filter
Chip Temp Cooled to -20 degC

IMAGING DETAILS:-
M106 Galaxy (Canes Venatici)
Gain 139 (Unit Gain)
**Data From: 6th May 2018**
 25 Red subs@120sec (40min)
 25 Green subs@120sec (40min)
 20 Blue subs@120sec (40min)
 35 Lum subs@60sec (35min)
**Data From: 1st April 2019**
 20 Blue subs@180sec (1h)
 25 Lum subs@120 (50min)
 16 Ha subs@300sec (1h 20min)
Total 4h 25min (inc. Ha 5h 45min)
Dithering
20 Darks
20 Flats

PROCESSING/GUIDING SOFTWARE:-
APT "Astro Photograph Tools"
DSS
PS CS2
   

Taken on: April 1, 2019

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