M106 & NGC 4217

Lately, I've really gotten into photographing galaxy groups. They look incredibly impressive.

This object was a real battle. The sky was supposed to be clear, but it suddenly clouded over in the middle of the night. I only managed to gather a little over two hours of data. I was already about to pack everything up when a clearing appeared right where the target was. I continued shooting. But then I had to fight the clouds for another hour, stopping everything. Then the wind picked up a bit and the clouds cleared. I was able to gather more signal until dawn. It doesn't always go smoothly—just start and wait. Sometimes you have to run around a bit.

A huge thanks to @CAHEK_61 for the processing and for the help with processing.