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M 106 spiral galaxy & companions, Lodewijk van Pol
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M 106 spiral galaxy & companions

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M 106 spiral galaxy & companions, Lodewijk van Pol
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M 106 spiral galaxy & companions

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Spring is in the air, which means galaxy season is coming soon!

I decided to target M106, with my 500 mm refractor, not using the reducer to accomodate the smal FOV. I tried out both the Antlia Triband filter and the Optolong Pro. Interestingly in the stacking analyses APP showed much better background with the Antlia filter, but better overall quality score and stars with the L-Pro! The seeing was exceptionally good, at least for our country (Netherlands) with FWHM of average 2,5 arcsec. 

I kept the postprocessing quite simple and 50 usable frames of 300 sec exposure time yielded a satisfactory result.

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M 106 spiral galaxy & companions, Lodewijk van Pol