M106

I managed to get some good data on M106 Thursday night. I was really tired at work the next day, but I had to get out when conditions were good.

I wish I had done a better job on the framing - I cut off part of M106 - didn't realize it extended as far as it did. I also cut off NGC4248 in the lower left.

Here is the link to the image. Exposure and processing data is there as well:

http://jthommes.com/Astro/m106.htm
(Click on the image for a full size version)

I have some earlier images of M106:

http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/m106.htm
(This done with a ToUcam SC3 RAW mod - 2004)

And for a real hoot, here is one of my real early attempts:
http://jthommes.com/MiscAstro/Archives/m106A.htm

That is a great pic Jim...and nice to see the progression in your imaging skills. Alan

Beautiful shot, Jim! This is one galaxy I've never tried yet.

Eric

Excellent work, Jim.
The color's right on and you got a lot of the diffuse outer stuff.
My regards,

dan

Thanks for the comments guys....

Dan, Yes I did get some of the outer stuff. Looking at it again, I wonder if I underprocessed the core area and overprocessed the outer area. Normally the core of this object is quite bright compared to theouter arms.