2008-03-10 , Luminance
Image data
| Photographer: | Jürgen Stöger |
| Optics: | Orion ED80 Apo f/6 (0,8 Reducer) (main) Celestron 11 (guide) |
| Mount: | Fornax 51 |
| Cameras: | Atik 16HR (main) Starlight SXV-M7 (guide) |
| Exposure: | Luminance=110 min. |
| Conditions: | stray light and gradient caused by lantern |
| Moon: | below horizon during imaging |
| Location: | Katzelsdorf |
| Date: | 10 March 2008 |
| Remarks: | image processing by Stefan Salamon, Jürgen Stöger |
M 106 object information
RA: 12h18m57.6s
Dec: +47° 18′ 14″
Size: 18′.6 × 7′.2
Distance: 23.7 ± 1.5 million light years
Dec: +47° 18′ 14″
Size: 18′.6 × 7′.2
Distance: 23.7 ± 1.5 million light years
Messier 106 (also known as NGC 4258) is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. It was discovered by Pierre Méchain in 1781. 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.