Sweetman Astrophotography

I was not satisfied with the results after the first night on M106, so I went back and collected data over another 2 nights. Unfortunately I forgot to plug in my dew heater, so most of the 1st night was a waste. However, there was another clear night, and I was able to get up to around 17 and half hours of good data overall, which proved to be enough. The difference was quite dramatic, and now I am happy with the result. I’m posting the result after the 1st of the 3 nights below for comparison.

I did notice some small blemishes, that were a result of the flats not completely knocking out some of the oddities of the imaging train. I decided to use the SetiAstro Blemish Blaster tool to address them. This tool is top notch, and you really should have all the SetiAstro plugins if you use PixInsight. Quick demonstration video is below.