M106 and friends

Post by **rcj** » Tue May 03, 2011 12:57 am

Hey all!

Here is something new from the galactic processing oven....a Seyfert II galaxy in the Ursa Major domain....M106. There are a couple of other peripheral galaxies in the view too.

Details:
AP130GT, G11, R:70, G:40, B:40

Full res crop focusing on M106.

Enterprise · Post by **Enterprise** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:09 am

Wonderful Remus! Where was this taken? The smaller galaxy in the background, can see the dustlane so clearly! Beautiful!

wucheeyiun · Post by **wucheeyiun** » Tue May 03, 2011 12:33 pm

Hi Remus...very nicely done as usual

timatworksg · Post by **timatworksg** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:21 pm

Nice one once again Remus! Showing us deeper into space!

Better than my M8 Test shot...lol!

Post by **rcj** » Tue May 03, 2011 8:48 pm

Thanks everyone for your comments. Jay, with some recent clear sky periods, the data was all captured from Malaysia. But with more exposures, should be able to bring out more details on the arm structure in M106. The galaxy on the right looks like a smaller version of NGC4565. Wasn't expecting that to happen in the same FOV... M106 could be seen (albeit faintly) through the miniborg 50 guidescope that night.

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed May 04, 2011 12:04 am

Great shot and details, Remus.
Reminds me of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy..the part where they describe the end of the universe is like water draining out of a bathtub.. [smilie=crying2.gif]

cataclysm · Post by **cataclysm** » Wed May 04, 2011 9:53 pm

Hats off for you efficiency at collecting photons under those testing conditions, you can really work fast in the dark.....lol... [smilie=cute.gif]

Post by **rcj** » Wed May 04, 2011 10:11 pm

Thanks Rich and Kelvin. Was looking back at the image again and thought it was interesting to investigate the faint patches of background galaxies. Have uploaded an annotated version (not fully exhaustive!). Some of these galaxies belong to the Catalogue of Principal Galaxies (PGC) and the faintest I can see could be up to magnitude 18.7. It is just amazing how many galaxies there are in Ursa Major region alone (excluding the big boys of Leo, Virgo, etc)!

timatworksg · Post by **timatworksg** » Wed May 04, 2011 10:19 pm

Nice Family Portrait! Some great photon grabbing for sure!