Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4231  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M 106 (M 106 Full Resolution) (M106), DJ Van Bourgondien
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M 106 (M 106 Full Resolution) (M106)

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M 106 (M 106 Full Resolution) (M106)

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2022 Rendition of M 106 over the course of 4 nights. Its been very difficult to get good weather this galaxy season!!

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Messier 106, also known as NGC 4258, is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. M106 is at a distance of about 22 to 25 million light-years away from Earth. M106 contains an active nucleus classified as a Type 2 Seyfert, and the presence of a central supermassive black hole has been demonstrated from radio-wavelength observations of the rotation of a disk of molecular gas orbiting within the inner light-year around the black hole

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M 106 (M 106 Full Resolution) (M106), DJ Van Bourgondien