The ancient light of M106 & other galaxies (Orestis Pavlou)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn) · Contains: M 106 · NGC 4217 · NGC 4226 · NGC 4232 · NGC 4248 · NGC 4258

The ancient light of M106 & other galaxies, Orestis Pavlou

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M106 is a spiral galaxy 24 million light-years away.

This means that the light I collected with my telescope was actually emitted by this galaxy 24 million years ago: when the island I am living on (Cyprus) was still under the sea!

M106 is 135 thousand light-years across and is estimated to contain at least 400 billion stars, as well as an active supermassive black hole in its center, which is consuming matter and produces jets that blow galactic gas above and below the galactic plane.

The 2nd brightest galaxy (near the bottom) is NGC 4217, which is another spiral galaxy 60 million light-years away, viewed edge-on.

Many other smaller or more distant galaxies are also visible.

This image is the result of 20.5 hours of data I collected in May 2020.

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Total imaging time: 20.5 hours (15.5 hours in colour + 5 hours in Hydrogen-alpha)

Telescope: Sky-Watcher Evostar ED100 Black Diamond

Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro

Mount: AZ-EQ6 Pro

ZWO ASI 294MC PRO
Suburban Astrophotography
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