M106 Galaxy in Canes Venatici (14 April 2021)
This is my entry for April's competition. It is of M106 (aka NGC 4258) and other nearby galaxies. I collected all the data from my backgarden in Loughborough (East Midlands, UK) on the night of 14 April 2021. Full details below.
Frames
- 80× 300-s light frames (Gain 900)
- 6 h 40 min total exposure time
- Full use of calibration frames (darks, flats and dark flats)
Equipment
- Explore Scientific ED 102 mm Apo f/7 refractor
- Sky-Watcher EQ6-R PRO SynScan GOTO equatorial mount
- Altair Hypercam 294C PRO colour fan-cooled camera
- Altair quad-band one-shot colour (OSC) 2″ filter
- Revelation Adjustable Field Flattener
- Altair 60mm guide scope
- Altair GPCAM2 AR0130 mono guide camera
Software
- Sharpcap
- PHD2
- DeepSkyStacker
- Photoshop
- Gradient XTerminator
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