M106
Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici
~23.7 million light years distant
March 14 and 15, 2013
Ocala, FL
Combination of 6 min and 10 min exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 6 hours 40 min
1 hours each RGB
3 hours and 40 min Luminance
Orion 80mm EON (FL 480mm)
Spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici
~23.7 million light years distant
March 14 and 15, 2013
Ocala, FL
Combination of 6 min and 10 min exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 6 hours 40 min
1 hours each RGB
3 hours and 40 min Luminance
Orion 80mm EON (FL 480mm)
Barred spiral galaxy in Ursa Major
~83 million light years distant
March 5, 6 and 7, 2013 (Luminance)
February 11, 2012 (RGB)
Ocala, FL
6 min Luminance with QSI 683 stacked in DSS for a total of 4 hours and 28 min.
6 min RGB exposures stacked in DSS for a total of 3 hours 49 min with a Canon T1i
PS CS5
AT8RC (Luminance)
AT6RC (RGB)
