Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M 106, Jerry Yesavage
M 106, Jerry Yesavage

M 106

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M 106, Jerry Yesavage
M 106, Jerry Yesavage

M 106

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Considerable helpful discussion on this effort in the GHS Group enabled visualization of core and exterior structures.

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Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellationCanes 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.=reference[8]NGC 4217 is a possible companion galaxy of Messier 106.=reference[7]Two supernovae have been observed in M106: SN 1981K (type II, mag. 17),=reference[9] and SN 2014bc (type II, mag. 14.8).=reference[10]=reference[11]

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