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Michael Terhune
Lunenburg MA, USA
06/17/2021
11:10 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon Camera at 300mm on star tracker.

Post-processing Details:

Stacked 195, 2min subs in deep sky stacker and processed in photoshop.

Image Details:

The great galaxy M106 is in the constellation of Canes Venatici is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth. It is accompanied by some little companion galaxies adding too its glory. A super nova was observed in M106 in 2014. An amazing galaxy to observe!