Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Canes Venatici (CVn)  ·  Contains:  M 106  ·  NGC 4217  ·  NGC 4226  ·  NGC 4231  ·  NGC 4232  ·  NGC 4248  ·  NGC 4258
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M106 & NGC 4217 (right), Dickvantatenhove
M106 & NGC 4217 (right)
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M106 & NGC 4217 (right)

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M106 & NGC 4217 (right), Dickvantatenhove
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M106 & NGC 4217 (right)

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Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. 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. NGC 4217 is a possible companion galaxy of Messier 106.
This picture is a stack of 192 x 3 min. location lightpoluted Almere . The Netherlands

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M106 & NGC 4217 (right), Dickvantatenhove