M 106

M106 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth. 

This image was taken February 20th.   This image consists of a total of 4hrs.  This is made up of the following individual frames:

I took the images from my backyard observatory using an Astro-Tech AT130EDT telescope with a  focal length 910mm.  I used the ZWO ASI 294MM Pro camera and Baader LRGB filters.   All process using PixInsight.