Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4226  ·  NGC 4231  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258  ·  PGC 166129  ·  PGC 213956  ·  PGC 213962  ·  PGC 2284529  ·  PGC 2286144  ·  PGC 2286344  ·  PGC 2288029  ·  PGC 2291779  ·  PGC 2292054  ·  PGC 2292458  ·  PGC 2292932  ·  PGC 2294177  ·  PGC 2295162  ·  PGC 2296601  ·  PGC 2297038  ·  PGC 2299019  ·  PGC 2299122  ·  PGC 2299193  ·  PGC 2300116  ·  PGC 2300125  ·  PGC 2300151  ·  PGC 2300772  ·  PGC 2832111  ·  And 5 more.
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M 106 Field - RGBHα, Rainer Raupach
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M 106 Field - RGBHα

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M 106 Field - RGBHα

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Besides M 106 the field contains a number of other galaxies: NGC 4248, NGC 4226, NGC 4217 (nice edge-on view), NGC 4231, NGC 4232. The three brightest stars show a beautiful color contrast with B-V indicies -0.12, 1.01, and 1.55.

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M 106 Field - RGBHα, Rainer Raupach

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