Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M106, Jeff Weiss
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M106

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M106

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An active galaxy, m106 is a Seyfert galaxy with a very bright core and seems to cover the spectrum with massive radio radiation and a microwave 22 GHz water maser from the outer dense clouds.

7.1 hours, 5/15/12 & 5/19/12, D.A.R.C. Observatory, Mercy Hot Springs, CA

2/25/15: Combined with 6.3h (3.3h Lum, 3.0h RGB) from 2014 at the same location with an ML8300 camera

https://www.astrobin.com/98739/

into a composite 13.5h LRGB image with (7.3h Lum, 6.2h RGB).

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M106, Jeff Weiss