Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M106, John Bozeman
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Messier 106 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.


IR data from the IRSA ZTF Data Portal.

Color Mapped:

Red - zr
Green - zg
Blue - zg

 Processed with FITS Liberator, PixInsight and Photoshop 2023.

This publication makes use of data products from Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), which is a joint project of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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M106, John Bozeman