Saturday 23 April 2011

M106 and Fuzzies

It's been a long time since my last image... too long!

The outer arms are still noisy, it was a bit of a struggle processing this. There is no substitute for more data but UK weather doesn't play ball to often. Enjoy and click image for larger version.

Object: M106 (24Mly)
Telescope: Skywatcher ED80
Camera: Modded Canon 450D
Exposures: 24x600s
Processing: Darks, Flats, Bias, DSS, PS CS5