dusk pine
Had my second proper session last night with the rig, but it was cut short due to clouds. Still managed to capture 4h of M106, but due to heavy snowfall the day before, I was forced to image from behind the barn. That means the rig was being hit by northerly winds, and together with poor seeing, it did not allow the guiding to drop below 0.7-1.0" total RMS, and it shows in the image.
Still, the data is usable, and I was most surprised by how much Ha signal there was for 4h, since only the integrated UV/IRcut was used. I can see the famous Ha jet emerging from the M106 core, and the Ha area in the galaxy below M106. I wonder if this is because of these modern cooled sensors, or the aperture, as I never saw more than a pixel peep hint of it in my 37h of Seestar data.
Askar 130PHQ
Asi2600MC Air (integrated UV/IRcut)
AM7
84x180s
Dark + Flat calibrated
Stack/Process in Pixinsight
open patrol
marsh valve
scarlet lodge
