Messier 106, NGC 4248, 4231, 4232 Galaxies - Sketch

m 106, ngc 4248, ngc 4231, ngc 4232 sketch

Object details: Messier 106 group of galaxies. Constellation: Canes Venatici.

Location and conditions: Borot Lutz area, Negev desert, Israel, ~6.7 NELM.
Date and time: 8-9/4/2018, 01:00 (UT+2)
Instrument: VX12 300mm F/4 Newtonian, Paracorr T1, XW 10mm (138x, 0.51°).
Drawing details: Graphite pencil sketch on a white paper, made while observing with telescope under a red light. Scanned, inverted and processed in Photoshop. The brightness is slightly exagerrated for presentation purposes. Observer: Michael Vlasov.

Objects in the field of view:
M 106 (mid-left): spiral galaxy (SBbc), magnitude: 8.4m, s.b: 13.6
NGC 4248 (mid-right): spiral galaxy (SBb), magnitude: 12.5m, s.b: 13.7
NGC 4231 (right-top): spiral galaxy (Sa), magnitude: 13.3m, s.b: 13.4 
NGC 4232 (right-bottom): spiral galaxy (SBbc/P), magnitude: 13.6m, s.b: 13.5
(Data from SAC 8.1 database)

Original drawing:

m 106 - original drawing