Messier 106

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Messier 106

Captured by MD Shahadat Hossain Shahal, Processed by Iman Sheikh

The object · NGC 4258

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Astrophotographic information

Photographer
MD Shahadat Hossain Shahal
Observing location
USA, Nevada (37.978845,-114.856567)
Exposure
120 min.
Telescope
Takahashi Epsilon 250 (iTelescope - T05), 250/ 850 mm
Camera
SBIG ST-10XME
Field of view
59.8 x 40.3 arcmin(1.64 arcsec)
Image processing
Iman Sheikh
Processing method
Step 1 Preprocessing/Stacking With Siril - Used (erikwestermann-lrgb-preproc.ssf) Script for staking. Step 2 Linear Processing With Graxpert - Cropping - Background Extraction - Deconvolution - Denoising Step 3 Linear Processing and Stretching With Siril - Astrometry - Image plate solver - Spectrophotometric Color Calibration - Starnet - Separated stars from galaxy - Stretching - Generalized Hyperbolic Stretch Step 4 Non-Linear Processing in GIMP - Saturation and color adjustments - Unsharp mask for detail - Curves - Fine control of brightness and contrast

Astrophysical information

Object type
Spiral galaxy
Constellation
Canes Venatici
Distance
23.7 Mly
Angular size
18.6 × 7.2 arcmin
Physical size
135 Kly
Apparent magnitude
8.4

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