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M106 Galaxy

M106 Galaxy

M106-LHaRGB-PS1-V7-No-Tail--2500--

M106 also known as NGC4258 Is a galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is about 25 million light years away, and approximately 130,000 light years across.  The unusual central glow makes M106 one of the closest examples of the Seyfert class of galaxies where vast amounts of glowing gas are thought to be falling into a central massive black hole. The X in the luminance data below is just an artifact in the data. A reflection of some sort.

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M106-LHaRGB-PS1-V7-No-Tail--fs

Luminance 370 min  with  X Artifact 

M106-Lum-390min-Lum

Red 150min

M106-Red-150min

Blue 180min

M106-Blue-180min---

Green 135 min

M106--Green--135min

Ha 700 min

M106-700min-Ha

 

Scope               Planewave 17in

Camera            Apogee U16

Mount               Paramount ME

Filters               Astrodon  LRGB   Ha5nm  

Exposures       R 2.5hrs  G 2hrs  B 3hrs   L 6Hrs    Ha 11.5hrs    Ha 20min subs   LRGB  10/20min subs   Total 25hrs

Location           Sierra Nevada Mountains CA.  Heavens Mirror Observatory  SRO       2014

 

 

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