Broadband Imaging - NGC3184 / M106
2/13/2026 -- No moon, no clouds (until 05:00)...clear, cold skies. Time for some broadband imaging on galaxies in view. Evening started with relatively poor skies (pseudo sky quality metric of ~9200 at 21:00). Configuration unchanged with the Celestron CGX DX mount, Meade LX10, Starizona Corrector III (0.63 corrector and reducer), Xagyl filter wheel, Svbony 405cc (chilled to -7C). Seeing forecast for 02/13-14/2026 from meteoblue (top) and clearoutside (bottom) showing clear skies expected until 05:00 and no moon. Initial drift alignment in phd2 running on the Odroid C4 showed an alignment error of ~9'. Not bad, considering it's been sitting for weeks through strong winds, snow, etc. with the cover on. First adjustment (to the left) over-corrected...with an error of -7'. After several adjustments back & forth...ended up below 1". Set up the scheduler for light frame collection on M106 through 05:35. Sequence file configured with gain 285, offset 24...