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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M 106, Elmiko
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M 106

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M 106, Elmiko
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M 106

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M 106 is a Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici. It lies 25 million light years away. Lying 13' arc sec. away ( bottom right corner of the frame) is a possible companion galaxy NGC 4217.

The Moon ( almost full, and lying 50 degrees away) was quite a nuisance when it came to processing this image. I had to use three iterations of DBE to eliminate the gradients in the background.

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