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Date/Location March 21, 2021 Jubilee College State Park, Illinois
Camera and Settings SBIG STF-8300C CCD camera -20°C
Telescope Askar 72mm f.5.6 Qunituplet Apo with a 0.7x focal reducer to yield f/3.9
Mount Celestron CGEM II
Exposure 120 min (12 x10 min)
Processing CCDOpts, Image Plus 6.5, Photoshop CS6
Other Constellation Canes Venatici. Spirall galaxy M106 - mag. 8.4, size 17.0 x 7.4 arcmin; NGC4217- mag. 11.2, size 5.5 x 1.6 arcmin; NGC4095 - mag. 10.5, size 5.6 x 1.4 arcmin, + four fainter galaxies.
M106 & NGC4217
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