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M 106, Tom Harrison

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Description

M106 exhibits prominent lanes of dust stretching all the way to the core. It has active bright star forming regions highlighted by knots of hot young blue star fields. It apprears that it has undergone a gravitational disturbanace from an encounter with another passing galaxy in the not too distant past, having its faint outer arms stretched out in enlongated arcs. It is also considered an active Seyfert galaxy with a large and voratious black hole at its center devouring gas, dust and stars.

Object: M106

Constellation: Canes Venatici

Distance: Circa 22 Million Light-Years

Magnitude: 8.3

Date: February 2009

Place: Fort Davis, TX

Exposure Details: LRGB:630:180:150:180 unbinned

Processing: MaxIm DL, RegiStar, CCDStack, Photoshop CS3, etc.

Optics: 12.5" RCOS Truss

Focal Length: 2808

Mount: Paramount ME

Camera: STL6303E

Focuser: RCOS

Guiding: Off-Axis with SBIG Guide Camera

Filters: Tru-Balance LRGB 2" GenI

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M 106, Tom Harrison