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M 106, George  Yendrey
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M 106

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M 106

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M 106

Found close to Ursa Major in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is approximately 22-25 mly from earth and is considered an active Sefert galaxy with a large central black hole. A type II supernova was observed in M106 in May 2014.

More information on M106 can be found here:

https://www.messier.seds.org/m/m106.html

The final image was cropped in post processing to provide a larger final image of M106.

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M 106, George  Yendrey