Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4226  ·  NGC 4231  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M106, Joseph Buchanan
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M106

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M106

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M106 is roughly the size of Andromeda and home to a super-massive black hole 30-40 more massive than our Sun. Captured over 6 hours of data over the course of two nights to make this image. For more information on this object and how I captured it please check out my YouTube video by clicking on the following link:.

https://youtu.be/3BE-BySr0nk

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M106, Joseph Buchanan