Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M106 (NGC 4258), Hans van Overzee
M106 (NGC 4258)
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M106 (NGC 4258)

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M106 (NGC 4258)

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This photo of M106 (NGC 4248) is taken 11th and 12th of februari a total of 4 hours of 2 minutes pictures. These nights we had a lot of problems with reflections from the snow. A SQM was measured of 18,25. Normally the SQM is 19,2-19,6.

M106 is a Seyfert galaxy the centre is very bright and there is a massive black hole in the centre.

Below M106 we can see NGC 4248 belonging to the same group.

Further down we can see NGC 4231 and NGC 4232 (magnitude 13,6)about 326 million ly from us.

Above is NGC 4226 (magnitude 14) 400 milion ly away.

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M106 (NGC 4258), Hans van Overzee

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