Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4220  ·  NGC 4226  ·  NGC 4231  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M106, Benjamin Csizi
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My first picture after a long time away from imaging, mostly because of a lot of bad weather.

Here are 10h on M106 in the constellation Canes Venatici at a distance of around 24 million ly.

This barred spiral galaxy has been an important object for astrophysicists as it served as an independent anchor for the cosmic distance ladder due to the natural maser radiation emitted from its active galactic nucleus.

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